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4 MEasurRE for MEASURE. | S Enter Angelo, Duke. Look where he comes. Ang. Always obedient to your Grace's Will, I come to know your Grace's Pleaſure, . Duke. Angelo, | | |

| There is a kind of Character in thy Life,

That, to th' Obſerver, doth thy Hiſtory Fully unfold : Thy ſelf and thy Belongings Are not thine own ſo proper, as to waſte 1hy ſelf upon thy Virtues; they on thee. Heay'n doth with us, as we with Torches do,

Not light them for themlelyes: For if our Virtues

Did not go forth of us, *twere all alike

As if he had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd, Put to fine Iſſues; nor Nature never lends 8

be tmalleſt Scruple of her Excellence,

Put like a thrifty Goddeſs ſhe determires

Her ſelf the Glory of a Creditor,

Beth Thanks and Uſe, But I do bend my Speech To one that can my Part in him advertiſe; _ Hold therefore, Angelo:

In our Remove, be thou at full, our ſelf. Mortality and Mercy in Vienna, 5 ire inthy Tongue and Heart: Old Eſcalus, Though firſt in Queſtion, is thy Secondary. Jake thy Commiſſion. 185

Ang. Now, good my Lord,

Let there be ſome more Teſt made of my Metal, Before ſo noble and lo great a Figure, Be ſtampt upon It. 5

Duke. No more Evaſion? We have with a leven'd and prepar'd Choice v roceeded to you: therefore take your Honours. Our Haſte from hence is of ſo quick Condition, That it prefers it ſelf, and leaves unqueſtion d

JAatters of needful Value. We ſhall write to you, As Time and our Concernings ſhall importune,

How it goes with us, and do look to know

W hat doth belall you here. So fare you well. Jo th'hopeful Execution do I leave you

Ot our Commiſſon. | Ang. Yet give leave, my Lord,

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That we may bring you ſomething on the Way.

* Dake, My Haſte may not admit it,

Nor need you, on my Honour, have to do

With any Scruple;' your Scope is as mins own,

So to inforce, or qualifie the Law,

As to your Soul ſeems good; Give me your Hand ;

Il] privily away, I love the P eople, 25

But do not like to ſtage me to their Eyes:

Though it do well, I do not reliſh well

Their Joud Applauſe, and Aves vehement :

Nor do l think the Man of ſafe Dilcretion

That does affect it. Once more fare you well. Ang. The deavn's give Safety to your i -urpoſes, Eſtal. Lead forth and bring you back i in Happinets, Duke. I thank you, fare you well. | Exit Eſcal. I thall deſire you, Sir, to give me leave Y

To have free Speech with you; and it concerns me

Jo look into the bottom of my Place;

A Power have, but of what Strengch and Nature

[ am not yet inſtructed, _ Ang. Tis ſo with me: Let us withdraw together,

And we may ſoon our <atisfadtior have |

Touching that Point. : Eſcal. I'll wait upon your Honour: [ Exeunt,

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Enter Lucio, and two Gentlem: en. © Luc If the Duke, with the other Dukes, come not to Compoſition with the King of Hung ah, why : then all the Dukes fall upon the King. © 1 Gent, Heav'n grant us its peace, but not the King of Hunga Y. 2 Gent. Amen. © Lucio, T hou conelud'ſt like the Gordon F that went to Sea with the ten Commandments, but ſſerap'd one out of the Table. | 15 2 Gent. Thou ſhalt not ſteal? Lacie. Ay, that he raz d. Gent. Why, twas a Command ment to command "the Captain and all the reſt from their Functions; they * put Bren to ſteal: I here s not a Soldier of us all, that,

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2 Gert, | never heard any Soldier Jillike i ie. TZucio. I believe thee: For I think thou never walt where Grace was ſaid.

2 Gent, No? a dozen times at leaſt, * I Gen. What? in Meeter ?

al Cortroverly; as for Example, Thou thy lelt art 4 Wicked Vil Jain, deſpiglit of al] Grace.

*1 Gent, Well; there went but a Pair of Sheers be- tween us.

I Gent, And thou the Velyet; thou art good Vel- theu'rt a three pil'd Piece J warrant thee : I had eas lief be a Liſt of an Engliſh Kerſey, as be pil'd, as thou art pil'd, fora French Velvet. Do i ſpeak fee! ingly now?

Lu io. I think thou doſt; and indeed with mot painful feeling of thy Speech J will, out of thine own Confeſſion, lea.n to begin thy Health; live, forget to drink after thee, © Gent. i think { have done myle'f wrong, have I not? 2 Gent. Les that thou haßt; whether thou art tainted 8 or fes.“

Euter "Band, 8 © Lee ie. Bebold⸗ behold. where |v: «dam Miticaticn comes.

« I have purchas d as many Diſeaſes unger her Roo!,

As come to | * 2 Gent. To what, pray? Lucio. Judge. | © 2 Gent. To three thouſand Dollars a Year, Il Gent. Ay, and more. . © Lucio, A French Crown more. I Gent. Thou art always figuring Diſeaſes i in me

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*1 Gent. Who's that, I prethee?

* Bawd, Marry Sir, that's (audio, Signor Claudio,

©1 Gent, Claudio to Priſon? *tis not fo.

Band I am too ſure of it; and i it is for getting Madam © Tulietta with Child.

* Lucio, Believe me this may be; he e ee to meet * me two Hours ſince, and he was ever preci ile in Pro- „ mile-keeping. - |

2 Gen, Beſides you know it draws ſomething near to the Speech we had to ſuch a Purpole.

Gen. But molt of all agreeing with the proclamation.

Luci o. Away, let's go learn the I ruth of it. Exeunt.

Enter Clowns

O Pawd, Well, what has he done 2 |

* Bawd, And what will become of thoſe in the City: 2

Clown. T bey ſhall ſtand for Seed; they had gone down too, but that a wile Burger put in \ for them.

Bawd. But ſhall our Houics of Relort in che Suburbs * be pull'd down?

* Bawd, M by here's a Change indeed in the Commons

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© Courage, there will be pity taken on you: you that * have Worn your Eyes almoſt out in the Service, you * will be conſidered, _ N 5 | 1 ö Ba wd. What's to do here, Thomas Tapſter ? let's with- © draw, 1 e | | = - * Clown, Here comes Signior Claudio led by the Pro-

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Fnter Provoſt, Claudio, and Officers.

Claud. Fellow, why doſt thou ſhow me thus to th World

Bear me to Priſon, where I am committed. _ Prev, I do it not in evil Diſpoſition, Fut from Lord Angelo by ſpecial Charge.

Claud. Thus can the Demi-god, Authority, Make us pay down, for our Offence, by weight

The words of Heav'n: on whom it will, it will; On whom it will not, ſo; yet ſt ill 'tis juſt. 8 Enter Lucio. |

Claud. From too much Liberty, my Lucio, Liberty;

As Lurteit is the Father of much Faſt, do every Scope by the immoderate uſe

Turns to Reſtraint: Our Nature do purſue,

Like Rats that rayin down their proper Bane,

A thirſty Evil, and when we drink, we die. e Lucio. If I could ſpeak ſo wiſely, under an Arreſt, I would ſend for certain of my Creditors: and yet, to ſay

the Truth, 1 had as lief have the Foppery of Freedom, |

as the Morality of Impriſonment: What's thy Offence, Claudio? . „ — Claud. What but to ſpeak of, would offend again.

Tucio. What is t, Murder?

Claudi. No. |

Lu io, Letchery ?

Claud. Call it ſo. : Treu. Away, Sir, you muſt go. Claud. One Word, good Friend;

Tu ic, a Word with you.

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ME ASURE yr MEASUuUR k. 9 If they'll do you any good: Is Letchery ſo look'd after ? Claud. Thus ſtands it with me; upon a true Contract I' got Poſſeſſion of Julietta's Bed, You know the Lady, ſhe is faſt my V ife, Save that we do the Nenunciation lack Of outward Order, This we came not to, Only for Propagation of a Dowre _ | Remaining in the Coffer of her Friends, From whom we thought it meet to hide onr Love Till Time had made them for us. But it chances The Stealth of our moſt mutual Entertainment, With Character too grols, is writ in Juliet. Lucio. With Child, perhaps? Claud. Unhappily, even ſo. Ard the new Deputy now for the Duke, Whether it be the fault and glimpſe of Newneſs, Or whether that the Body publick be A Horſe whereon the Governor doth ride, Who newly in the Seat, that it may know He can command, lets it ſtrait feel the Spur Whether the Tyranny be in bis Place, Or in his Eminence that fills it up, I ſtagger in: But this new Governor Awakes me all the enrolled Penalties _ 2 Which have, like unſcour'd Armour, hung by th' Wall So long, that. nineteen Zodiacks have gone round, | And none of them been worn; and for a Name,

Freſhly on me; tis furely for a Name. 8 Lucio, | warrant it is; and thy Head ſtands ſo tickle on thy Shoulders, that a Milk-maid, if ſhe be in Love, may ſigh it off. Send after the Duke, and appeal to him. Claud. | have done ſo, but he's not to be found. ] Prarie, Lucio, do me this kind Service: | 1h's Day, my Siſter ſnhauld the Cloitter enter, And there receive her Approbation. 925 Acquaint her with the Danger of my State, Implore her in my Voice, that ſhe make Friends 1o the ſtrict Deputy; bid herſelf aſſay him, there is a Prone ard ſpeechleſs Dialect, _ duch as moves Men! beſide, ſhe bath proſperous Art | e V hen

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Lacie, 1 pray ſhe may; as well for the Encouragement of the like,

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be forry ſhould be thus tooliſhly loſt; at a Game of by ick⸗ tack. I'll to her.. Claud. I thank you, good Friend Lucio. Tacre, Within two Hou s. : Claud. Come Officer, away.

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Enter Dake; and Friar Thomas. Duke. No; hol y Fathet, throw away that Thought, Beliey e not that the dribbling Dart of Love Can pierce a compleat Boſom: M hy I deſire thee

Jo give me ſecret Harbour, hath a purpoſe |

Miore grave and wrinkled than the Aims and Ends Of burning Youth,

Fri. May your Grace ſpeak of it? Date. My holy Sir, none better knows than you

How I have ever loy 'd the Life remoy'd,

And held in idle price to haunt Aſſemblies -

\ Where Youth and Coſt, and witleſs Brayery __ I have delivered to Lord Angelo,

A Man of Stricture and firm Abſtinence, My ablolute Power and Place here in Vienna, And he ſuppoſes me travelFd to Poland, For ſo I have ſtrew.d it in the common Ear, And ſo it is receiv'd : Now, pious Sir, You will demand of me, why I do this. Fri, Gladly, my Lord. Dale. We have ſtrict Statutes, and moſt biting Laws, The needful Eits and Curhs for head-ſtrong V: eeds,

_ Which for this fourteen Years we have let lip,

Even like an o'e:-grown Lion in a Cave That goes not out to prey: Now, as fond Fathers, Having bound up the threat'ning Twigs of Birch,

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Fri, It reſted in your Grace | To unloole this ty'd-up Juſtice, when you pleas” d And it in you more dreadful would bave leem'd . Than in Lord Angelo, |

Duke, I do fear, too dreadful ; Mt 8 Sth 'twas my Fault to give the People Scope,

would be my Tyranny to ſtrike and gall them For what I bid them do. For we bid this be done V hen evil Deeds have their permiſſive Pals, And not the Puniſhment : Therefore indeed, my Father, bare on Angels impos'd the Office, Who may in th' ambuth of wy Name ſtrike home, And yet, my Nature never in the fight. _ To do in ander: And to behold his is Sway, I will, as twere a Brother of your Order, Vitit both Prince and People; therefore I prethee dupp y me with the Habit, and inſt ruct me Dow | may formally in P erſon bear Like a true iar. More Reaſons for this Aion,

ut your more leiſure, ſhall i render vou; Only this one: Lord Angelo is pr ciſe, Stands at a guard with Envy, ſcarce confeſſes That his Blood flows, or that his Appetite Is more to Bread than Stone: Hence ſhall we ſee, It Power change Purpoſe, what our Seemers be.

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Euter Iſabella and Franciſca.

Jab. And have you Nuns no farther Privi eges ?

Nun, Are not thele large enough?

Jjab, Yes truly; J ſpeak not as deſiring more, Put rather wiſhing a more ſtrict Reſtraint Upon the Siſterhood, the Votariſts of Saint Clare.

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Lucie, Hoa! Peace be in this Place.

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Turn you the Key, and know his Buſineſs of him; Tuc.

You may; I may not: you are yet unſworn: Jab.

W hen you have vow'd, you mult not ſpeak with Men Lc:

But in the Preſence of the Pricreſs:; Ent, The D Thenif you ſpeak, you muſt not ſhew your Face, © Bore

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He calls again, I pray you anſwer him, [ Exit Franc, By tl

Jab. Peace and Proſperity, who ist that calls? His;

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| Lucio, Hail Virgin, if you be, as thoſe Cheek-Roſes And v j Froclaim you are no leſs, can you ſo ſtead me, Cover | As bring me to the Sight of Iſabella, _ Isver) 5 A Noa ice of this Place, and the fair Siſter The u | To her unhappy Brother Claudio? But dc 1 Jſab. Why herunhappy Brother? Let me ask, With | * Ihe rather, for I now muſt make you know He, t. L I uam that /ſ@bella, and his Siſter, Whicl | Lucio, Gentle and Fair, your Brother kindly greets you; As M. ü Not to be weary with you, he's in Priſon. Under | | Jab. Wo me, for what? 333 Falls 1 | Lucio, For that, which if my ſelf might be his Judge, And fe

He ſhould receive his Puniſhment in Tharks

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And with full Line of his Authority,

Coverns Lord Angelo; a Man whoſe Blood

Isvery Snow-Broth, one who never feels

The wanton Stings and Motions of the Senſe

But doth rebate, and blunt his natural Edge

With Profits of the Mind, Study and Faſt.

He, to give Fear to Uſe and Liberty,

Which have for long run by the hideous Law,

As Mice by Lyons, hath pickt out an Act,

Under whoſe heavy Senſe your Brother's Life

Falls into Forfeit; he arreſts him on it,

And follows cloſe the Rigor of the Statute,

To make him an Example; all Hope is gone,

Unleſs you have the Grace by your fair Prayer

Toloften Angelo; and that's my Pith of Buſineſs,

Iwixt you, and your poor Brother,

Iſab. Doth he ſo Seek his Lite ? I : Lucio, Ha's cenſur'd him already,

And, as I hear, the Provoſt hath a Warrant

For's Execution,

Jab. Alas! what poor Ability's in me, to do him good?

Lucio. Aſſay the Power you have.

Iſab. My Power? Alas! I doubt.

Lucio. Our Doubts are Traytors, And make us loſe the Good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt. Go to Lord Angelo, And let him learn to know, when Maidens ſue, Men give like Gods; but when they weep and kneel, All their Petitions are as truly theirs, | | As they themſelves would owe them, _ Jjab, I'll ſee what I can do.

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No longer ſtaying, but to give the Mother Notice of my Affair. I humbly thank you; Commend me to my Brother: Soon at Night I'll tend him certain word of my Succels, Tucio. ll take my Leave of you. | ſab, Good Sir, adieu.

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Enter Anglo, Eſcalus, Juſtice, and Attendants. Ang. E mult not me ke a Scar- crow of the Law, | _ Setting it up to fear the Birds of Prey,

And let it keep one Shape, till Cuſtom make it Their Ferch, and not their Terror, |

Eſcal. Ay, but y et | Let us be keen, and rather cut a little, Than fall, and bruiſe to Death. Alas! this Gentleman, MW hom I would ſave, had a noble Father;

Let but your Honour know, | | Whom I believe to be molt ſtrait in Virtue, I hat in the working of your own Affections,

Had time coheer'd with Place, or Place with Wiſhing, Or that the reſolute acting of your Blood, 5 Could have attain'd th Effect of your own Purpoſe, Whether you bad not {umetime in your Life |

Err'd in this Joint, which now you cenſure him,

And pull'd the Law upon you. „

Ang. I is ove thing to be tempted, Eſcalus,

Another thing to fall. I not deny |

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Abuſes in common Houles, I know no Law, bring

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* what s the Matter? © Ejb., If it pleaſe your Honour, I am the poor Duke's

* Conſtable, and my Name is Elbow; I do lean upon Ju- * ſtice, Sir, and do bring in here before your good Ho-

* Nour, two notorious Benefactors. |

Ang. Benefactors? Well; What Benefactors are they? ,

Are they not Malefactors?

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Elb. Ay, Sir;whom [I thank Heav'n is an honeſt Woman, © Eſcal, Doſt thou deteit her therefore; e Elb. I lay, Sir, ] will deteſt myſelf alſo, as well as | ſhe, that this Houle, if it be not a Bawd's Houle, it iS Pity of her Life, jor it is a naughty Houſe,

_ © Eſcal, How doſt thou know that, Conſtable ?

Eb. Marry, Sir, by my W ite, who, if ſhe had been a2 Woman eardinally given, might haye been acculed in | Fornication, Adultery, and all Uncleanneſs there. | © Eſcal. By the Woman's Means? =

Clown. Sir, if it pleale your Honour, this is not ſo, | © Elb. Prove it before thele Varlets here, thou honour- able Man, prove it. NT :

_ © Eſcal. Do you hear how he miſplaces?

clown. Sir, ſhe came in great with Child, and longing, | ſavirg your Honour's Reverence, for ſtew'd Preyns; we had but two in the Houſe, which at that very inſtant time ſtood as it were, in a Fruit-diſh, a Diſh of {ome |

three Pence; your Honours have ſeen ſuch Diſhes, they |

are not China Diſhes, but very good Diſnes. © Eſral. Go too, go too; no matter for the Diſh, Sir.

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very honeſtly: for, as you know, Maſter Frith, |

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© Eſcal, Come, you are à tedious Fool; to the purpoſe; © what was done to Elbow's Wife, that he hath Cauſe to complain of? Come me to what was done to her, * Clown. Sir, your Honour cannot come to that yet. Eſcal. No Sir, nor I mean it not. * | © Clown. Sir, but you ſhall come to it, by your Honour's

Sir, a Man of fourſcore Pound a Vear; whoſeFather dy'd © at Hallommas. Was't not at Hallowmas, Maſter Fretb? © Frcth, All-Hallond Eve. ENS SI Clown. Why very well; 1 hope here be Truths. He, Sir, ſitting, as I lay, in a lower Chair, Sir; 'twas in * the Bunch of Grapes, where indeed you have a delight

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« Freth, I have ſo, becauſe it is an open Room, and © good for Winter. 8 | | 2 | © Clown, Why, very well then; J hope there be Truths Ang. This will laſt out a Night in Ria, 5 * When Nights are longeſt there. I'll take my Leave, And leave you to the hearing of the Cauſe, | © Hoping you'll find good Caule to whip them all. Exit. Eſcal. I think no lefs. Good-morrow to your Lordſhip. Now, Sir, come on: What was done to Elbow's Wife, © Once more? | FS CES Sf» * Cl:wa. Once, Sir? There was nothing done to her once. Elb. ] beſeech you, Sir, ask him what this Man did to my Wife. | 2 | © Clown, I beſeech'your Honour ask me. © Eſcal, Well, Sir, what did this Gentleman to her? Clown. I beſeech you, Sir, look in this Gentleman's Face; good Maſter Fotbh, look upon his Honour; tis for a good Purpoſe; doth your Honour mark his Face? © Eſcal. Ay, Sir, very well. e

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Elb. Varlet, thou lieſt ; thou lieſt, wicked Varlet; © the time is yet to come, that ſhe was ever reſpected with Man, Woman, or C hild.

'© Clewy, Sir, ſne was 1 1 with him before he

' * her? If ever | was reſpected with her, or ſhe with me, W- let not your Worſhip think me the poor Duke's Otter j © prove this, thou wicked Hannibal! or I'll have mine

Action of Battery on thee,

Elb. Marry; I thank. your» good, Worſhip for it: © What it't your Worſhip's, Pleaſure 1 ſhall do with this © wicked Caitiff ?

_ * Ejcal, Truly, Officer, becauſe he bath ſomeOffences in 7 bim, that thau wouldſt dilcover, if thou couldſt, let bim © continue in his Courſes, till thou know ſt what they ares

Elb. Marry, I thank your Worſhip for it; thou ſeeſt,

gart to continue now, thou Varlet? Thou art to continue. Eſcal. Mbere were you born, Friend? [T Froch © tIrdth. Here in Vienna, Sir. | Eſcal. Are you of fourſeore Pounds 4 Vear ?

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© Fſcal, Nine? Come hither to me, . after Feth: Ma- (ter F/ th, I would not have you acquainted with Tap- ters 3 they will draw you, Matter Feth, and you will harg them. Get you gone, and let me hear no more of you,

Heth. I thank your Worſhip; for mine own Fart, 1 ' never come into any Room in a Taphoule, but 1 am (drawn in,

; Eſcal. Well; no more of it, Malter Frcth; farewell,

| [Exit Froth.

Come you hither to me, Matter Tapſter, what's your

Name, Malter T apſter ?

* Clown, Pomp y.

Eſcal. What elle ?

(lonn. Bum, Sir. | Eſcal. Troth, and your Bum is the 1961 thing a- bout you, ſo that in the beaſtiieit ſenſe, you are Pompey

the great; Pompey, j ou are partly a Bawd, Pompey ; hows floeyer you colour it in being a Tapſter; are you not? come tell me true, it ſhall be the better for uu. . Clown, Truly, Sir, 1 am a poor Fellow that would

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Eſcal. How would y you live, Pomp -y2 by being a

Bawd ? what do you think of the Trade, Pompey? is it 'alawful Trade? © Clown, If the Law will allow it, Sir.

* Eſcal, But the Law will not allow it, Pompey, nor it

"ſhall not be allowed in Vienna.

* Clown, Does your Worſhip mean to geld and (play all ;

© the Youth inthe City? Eſcal. No, Pompey. © Clwn. Truly, Sir, in my poor Opinion, they will to't 'then, If your Worſhip will take Order for the Drabs "and Knaves, you need not to fear the Bawds, N Eſcal. There are pretty Orders beginning, I can tell you: It is but heading and hanging, : * Clown, If you head and hang all that offend chat way

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Clown. I thank your Worſhip for your good Coun]; N but I ſhall follow it as the Fleſh and Fortune ſhall better he hath b determine. | „„ . l Sects, ©Whip me? no, no; let a Carman whip his Jade. o die for The valiant Heart's not whipt out of his Trade. [ Exit, | Eſcal. Come hither to me, Maſter El1b;w; come hi Ang. N ther, Maſter Conſtable ; How long have you been ia Pre. Is J CS: Ang. D © £09. Seven Year and a half, irt. Why doſt Eſcal. I thought by the readineſs in the Office, cu rv. I. © had continued in it ſome time: You ſay, ſeven Years onder yo! together? . . hen afte

Elb. And a half, Sir. Eſcal. Alas! it hath been great Pains to you; they ©do you wrong to put you ſo oft upon't: Are there not Men in your Ward ſufficient to ſerve it? — 5 Elb. Faith, Sir, few of any Wit in ſuch Matters; as © they are cholen they are glad to chuſe me for them: 1 do © it for ſome piece or Mony, and go through with all. © Eſcal. Look you, bring me in the Names of ſome fix Lor ſeven, the molt ſufficient in your Pariſh. Elb. To your Worſhip s Houſe, Sir? © Eſcal. To my Houle; fare you well, What's a Glock, © think you? . Exit Elbow. . Eleven, Siri. . © Eſcal, I pray you go home to Dinner with me. © Ju/t. I humbly thank vou. : © Efcal. It grieves me for the Death of Claudio:

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"Wi: Pleaſure; may be he will relent ; alas! 5

Ye hath but as offended in a Dream:

All Sets, all Ages {mack of this Vice; and he

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1 Enter Angelo. "WI 4:7. Now, what's the Matter, Provoſt : 1 rev. Is it your Will Caudio ſhall die to Morrow? Ang. Did not I tell thee yea? hadſt thou not Order? „by doſt thou ask again? bas 5. Leſt [ might be too raſh. onder your good Correction, I have ſeen ben after Execution, Judgment hath | hey Nepepted o er his Doom. = Ing. Go to; let that be mine;

Do you your Ofkee, or give up your Place, Ind you ſhall well be ſpar'd.

40 Prov. IJ erave your Honour' s Pardon. What ſhall be done, Sir, with the groaning Juliet: > ir Nies very near her Hour,

Ang. Diſpoſe of her

0 ſome more fitter Place, and that with ſ peed, > Enter a Servant. md d. Here i is the Siſter of the Man condemn” a,

fires Acceſs to you. Ang. Hath he a Siſter ? Prov. Ay, my good Lord, a virtuous Maid, ind to be thortly of a Siſter- hood, ot already,

Ang. Well; let her be admitted.

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See you the Fornicatreſs be remov'd;

Let her have needful, but not laviſh

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Ang. Stay a little while. Ware welcome;

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ij ab. Tama woful Suitor to your Honour, Pleaſe but your Honour hear me. Ang. Well; what's your Suit

Jijab. There is a Vice that mo And more defire ſhould meet the Blow of Juſtice, For which I would not plead, hut that I muſt For which I mult not plead, but that I am

At War 'twixt will, and will not.

Ang. Well; the Matter? -

Jſab. I have a Brother is con I do'beſeech you let it be his Fault,

And not my Brother,

demn'd to die;

Prev. Heav'n give thee moving Grac2s. Ang. Condemn the Fault and not the Actor of it?

Why, every Fault's condemn'd ere it be done. Mine were the very Cipher of a Function, I o0o fine the Faults, whoſe Fine ſtand in

And let go by the Actor.

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And neither Heay'n nor Man 4g. I will not Got,

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w'n keep your Honour. Lucio. Give't not oer ſo: To him again, intreat him, Kneel down before him, hang upon his Gown:

ight pardon him, grieve at the Mercy.

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Aug. He's ſentene d; tis too late, Lucio. You are too cold. | ſab. Too late? why no; I that do ſpeak a Word, May call it back again: weh, believe this, | No 0 eremony that to great ones belongs, Not the King's Crown, nor the deputed Sword, The Marſhal's Truncheon, nor the Judge's Nobe, Become them with one half ſo good a Grace . As Mercy does: If he had been. as you, and you as he, You would have flipt like him; but ny like vou, Would not have been ſo ſtern. Ang. Pray you be gone. Iſab. IJ would to Heay'n * your Potency, And you were Jabel; ſhould it then be thus?

And whata Priſoner. Tuco, Ay, touch him; there's the Vein. Ang. Your Brother i isa Forfeit of the Law, And you but waſte your Words. 55 Ifab. Alas! alas! FFP Why, all the Souls that were, were. Porfeit o once; And he that might the Vantage beſt have took, Found out the Remedy, How would you be, If he, which is the top of Judgment, ſhould But judge you as you are ? Oh, think on that, And Mercy then will breathe within your Lips, Like Man new-made, Ang. Be you content, fair Maid, It is the Law, not I, condemns your Brother. Were he my Kinſman, Brother, or my Son, it ſhould be thus with him; he muſt die to Morrow, Jab, To Morrow ? Oh! that 5 ſudden, Spare him, ſpare him ; He's not prepar 'd for Death: © Even for our Kitchens We kill the Fo. of Seaſon; ſhall we ſerve Heay' n ich lels Reſpect than we do miniſter Jo our g ots {-lyes? Good, good my Lord, bethink you: ho is it that have dy d for this Offence? There's many have committed it. Lucio, Ay, well ſaid.

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Looks in a Glals that ſhews what future os, |

Either now, or by Remiſneſs, new conceiv d,

And lo in Progreſs to be hatch'd, and born, | Are now to have no ſucceffive degrees 0 But here. they live to end.

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For : en] pity thole I do not know, _

' Which a dilmils'd Offence wou'd after pall z ©: And do him Right, that anſwering one foul Wrong, | Lives not to act another. Be ſatished ;

Your Brother dies to Morrow; be content. | Iſab. So you mult be the firſt that gives this Sentence,

And he that ſuffers : Oh, it is excellent

To have a Giant's Strength; 5 out it is tyrannous

To uſe it like a Giant. Tucio. That's well ſaid.

I ſab. Could great Men thunder .

As Jove himſelt does, Jove would ne'er be quiet; .

For every pelting petty. Officer | Would uſe his Heav'n for Thunder

D Preſt in a little brief Authority, © Moſt Ignorant of what he's molt aſfur'd, < His glathe Eſſence, like an angry Ape,

Plays ſuch fantaſtick Tricks betore high Heav'n, c As makes che Angels weep; who with our Spleens c Would all themſelves laugh mortal. Tucio. Oh, to him, to him, Wenchz he will relent; He's coming: I perceive't. | | Prov. Pray Heav n ſhe win him. Jab. We cannot weigh our Brother with our ſelf: Great Men may jeſt with Saints; tis Wit in them, ut in the leſs foul Prophanation. Lucio, Thou'rt right, Girl; more o that.

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Lucio. Art advis'd o' that? More on't. Ang. Why do you put theſe Sayings upon me? Jſab. Becauſe Authority, tho' it err like others, | Hath yet a kind of Medicine in it ſelf, That skins the Vice o'th* top. Go to your Boſom, Knock there, and ask your Heart what it doth know

That's like my Brother's Fault; if it confeſs

A natural Guiltineſs, ſuch as is bis,

Let it not ſound a Thought upon your Tongue Againſt my Brother's Life.

Ang. She ſpeaks, and 'tis ſuch Senſe. That my Senſe breeds with it. Fare.you well. ſab. Gentle, my Lord, turn hack. Ang. I will bethink me: Come again to Morrow. Iſab. Hark, how I'll bribe you: Good my Lord turn back. Ang. How? Bribe me? Hab. Ay, with ſuch Gifts that Heav'n mall ſhare Wi ith vou Tuc io. You had marr'd all elſe. | ſab. Not with fond Sickles of the teſted Gold, Or Stones, whole Rate are either rich or poor, As Fancy values them; but with true Prayers, That ſhall be up at Heav'n, and enter there Ere Sun riſe: Frayers from preſerved Souls, From faſting Maids, whole Minds are dedicate To nothing Temporal, Ang. Well; come to me to Morrow. Lucio. Go to; "tis well; away. . Ifab. Heav'n keep your Honour ſafe. Ang. Amen. For Lam that way going to Temptation, Where Prayers croſs, Jab. At what Hour to Morrow Shall I attend your Lordſhip ? Ang. At any time fore Noon.

Jab. Save your Honour. [ Ex. Lucio, Uabella, U Prov.

Ang. From thee ; even from thy Virtue, | What's this? What' 5 this? Isthis her Fault, or mine? The Tempter, or the Tempted, who fins moſt? Ha ?. Not ſhe ; nor doth ſhe tempt; but it is I, That, Iyi ing by the Violet in the un,

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26 Mrasuxt for MEASURE. Iban Woman's Lightneſs? Having waſte Ground enough Shall we deſire the raze the Sanftuery, 5 And pitch our Evils there? Oh fie, fie, fie ; V nat doſt thou? Or what art thou, Angelo? Doſt thou deſire her fouly, for thoſe things That make her good? O let her Brother li ve Thieves for their Robbery have Authority, When Judges ſteal themſelves. What! do I love her, That I defire to hear her (peak again, 5 And feaſt upon her Eyes? What is't I dream on? Oh cunning Enemy, that to catch a Saint, With Sairts doſt bait thy Hook! Moſt dangerous Is that Temptation, that doth goad us on = To Sin, in loving Virtue; never could the Strumpet, With all her double Vigour, Art, and Nature, Once ſtir my Temper : But this virtuous Maid Subdues me quite; even till now. . | — When Men were fond, I fmil'd, and wondred how. Ext, | 5 S SCENE Ill. A1 Priſia. Enter Duke habited like a Friar, and Trout. Duke. Hail to you, Proveſt ;, lo I think you are. Prov. I am the Provoſt ; what's your Will, good Friar? Dake, Bound by my Charity, and my bleſt Order, I come to viſit the afflicted Spirits _ Here in the Priſon; do me the common Right _ To let me ſee them, and to make me know a Ang. The nature of their Crimes; that I may miniſter To {ye Jo them accordingly. = VV Prev. I would do more than that, if more were needſul. W Anchors

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Look here comes one; a Gentle woman of mine, And inen

Who falling in the Flaws of her own Youth, Of my

Hath bliſter d her Report, She is with Child, Is like a a

And he that got it, ſentene d: A young Man Grown fe More fit to do another ſuch Offence, _ herein Than die for this. e 8 Could I,

Tue. When muſt he die? : MW Vhich the Prev. As I do think, to Morrow. | How ofte

I have provided for you: ſtay a. while, rench /

And you fhall be conducted. | Duke, Repent you, fair one, of the Sin you carry? Juli⸗t. I do; and bear the Shame more patiently.

Duke. I'll teach you how you ſhall arraign your Con-

And try your Penitence, if it be found, | cienee,

Or hollowly put on. : Juliet,

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Juliet. Vl gladly learn. 1 Dube. Love you the Man that wrong d you? Juliet. Tes as I love the Woman that wrong'd bim. Dake, So then it ſeems your moſt offenceful Act Was mutual] yteommitted. Juliet. Mutually. Duke, Then was your Sin of heavier kind than hiss Juliet. | do contels it, and repent it, Father. | Duke. Tis meet ſo, Daughter: but leaſt do you repent As that the Sin-hath brought you to this Shame, Which Sorrow's always tow'rds ourſelyes not Heay* n. Showing we'd not ſpare Heay n, as we love it, Bur as we ſtand in fear,

Juliet. I do repent me, as it is an Evil, And take the Shame with Joy.

Duke, There reſt.

Your Partner, as | hear, muſt die to Morrow, t. And 1 am going with ;nitruction to him; Grace go with you; Bened icie. [ Exit, Juliet. Muſt die to Morrow! Oh 1 injurious Love, That reſpites me a Lite, whole very comfort stin a dying Horror!

| Prov. *1 is pity of him,

SCENE: IV. The Palace. Enter Angelo.

Ang. when would pray and think, I think and pray To ſeveral Subjects: Heaven hath my empty Words, Whilſt my Invention, hearing not my Tongue, *

| Anchors on {ſabe}; Heav'n's in my Mouth,

As if 1 did but only chew his Name,

And in my Heart the ſtrong and ſwelling Evil

Of my Conception: The State whereon ! ſtudied Is like a good thing, bein, often read,

Grown fear'd, and tedious; yea my Gravity, Wherein (let no Man hear me) I take pride, Could I, with boot, change for an idle Plume Mhich the Air beats for vain: Oh Place! oh Form! How often doſt thou wiſh thy C alc, thy Habit, Wrench Awe from Fools, and tie the wiſer Souls To thy falle ſeeming ? © Blood, thou art Blood:

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cience, Serv. One Iſabel, a Siſter deſires Acceſs to you,

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Why doth my Blood thus muſter to my Heart,

Making both it unable for itſelf, 8 1 r And diſpoileſhng all my other Parts. Pro Of neceſſary fitneſfs? Cn Mig So play the fooliſh Throngs with one that ſwoons; To Come all to help him, and ſo ſtop the Air R Ul By which he ſhould reyive; and even ſo I. "The general Subjects to a well-wiſht King, | * Quit their own part, and in obſequious Fondneſs wo

Crowd to his Preſence, where their untaught Love | k Muſt needs appear Offence. How now, fair Maid? | T 1 Enter Iſabella. = ll 9 ab. J am come to know your Pleaſure? 1

Ans. That; ou might know it, would much better pleae And T han to demand what tis; you Brother cannot live. me, ”

Jſab. Even fo? — Heay*n keep your Honour. [Gem |

Ang. Yet may he live awhile; and it may be As long as you or I; yet he mult die.

Jab. Under your Sentence?

Ang. Vea. . VVV 05 5 f | Jſab. When, I beſeech you? that, in his Reprieve, } ' Lovger or ſhorter, he may be ſo fitted,

1 hat his Soul ficken not. . Ang. Ha? ſie, theſe filthy Vizes! it were as good Jo pardon him, that hath from Nature ſtol'n | A Man already made, as to reinit | Their {awey Sweetneſs, that do coin Heav'n's Image In Stamps that are forbid ? “tis all as eaſie, < Fallely to take away a Life true made: © As to put Mettle in reſtrained means, To make afalle one. | 0 | J ſab. Tis ſet down fo in Heav'n, but not in Earth, | Ang. Say you 10? Then I ſhall poze you quickly.

W hich had you rather, that the moſt juſt Law _

Now took your Brother's Life; or to redeem him,

Give up your Body to ſuch ſweet Uncleanneſs

As ſhe that he hath ſtain'd ? | | Jab. Sir, behieve chis,

I had rather give my Body than my Soul. Aug. I talk not of your Soul; our compell d Sins Stand more for Number than Accompt. | Ih, How lay you? 0 Ang: Nay, l' not warrant that; ſor I can | | 2 . i Ag

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Againſt the thing I ſay, Anſwer to this; I, now the Voice of the recorded Law, : Pronounce a Sentence of your Brother's Life: | Might there not be a Charity in Sin, To fave this Brother's Life? 8 Jab. Pleaſe you'to do't, Seat 2 85 Pl] take it as a Peril to my Soul; | It is no Sin at all, but Charity. Ang. Fleas d you to dot at Neri! of your Soul. Were equal poize of Sin and. Charity. . Jab. That I do beg his Lite, if it be Sin, 5 Heav'n let me hear it; you granting of m; Suit; If that be Sin, I'll make it my Morn- pray | x To have it added to the Faults of mine,

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1. Your Senſe purlues not mine: Either you are ignorant, Wt bor ſeem lo, craft ly > and thay s not good, | — _

Jab. Let me be igbo rant, and in nothing good, | Put gracioully to know I am no betier, _

Ang. Thus Wiſdom wiſhes to appear moſt bri ght, When it doth tax itſelf: As thele black Ma! ques > © Proclaim an en-ſhield Beauty ten times louder Iban Beauty could display“ d. But mark mr,

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But in the loſs of Queikion, that you, his Sifter,

Finding yourſelf defir'd of ſuch a Perſon,

Whole Credit with the Judge, or own great Place,

Could fetch your Brother from the Manacles

Of the all-holding Law; and that there were

No earthly Mean to lave him, hut that either

You muſt lay down the Treaturcs of your Body,

Io this ſuppos d, or elſe to let him luffer;

Sins What wauld you do?

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And ſtrip myſelf to Death, as to a Bed, Lal That longing I've been ſick for, ere I'd yield Ind ) My Body up to Shame. ECON Ang Ang. Then muſt your Brother die. | Zſab Jab. And 'twere the cheaper way Which Better it were a Brother dy'd at once, 8 To pl. Than that a Siſter, by redeeming him, Ang Should die for ever. 1 5 My M Ang. Were not you then as cruel as the Sentence Jab. That you have ſlander'd fo? _ 5 And m Jab. Ignominy in Ranſom, and free Pardon, I will. Are of two Houſes; lawful Mercy | iin m

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Ang. I think it well; | And trom this Teſtimony of your own Sex, Since 1 ſuppole we're made to be no ſtronger Than Faults may ihake our Frames, let me be bold; I do arreſt your Weds: Be that you are, | That is, a Woman; if you be more, you re none.

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Fit thy Conlent to my ſharp Appetite,

Lay by all Nicety, and prolixious Bluſhes _

That baniſh what they ſuè for: Redeem thy Brother

By yielding up thy Body to my Will;

Or elſe he muſt not only die the Death,

But thy Unkindneſs ſhall his Neath draw out

To lingring Suferance. Answer me to Morrow,

Or by ch' Affection that now guides m2 moſt,

Ill prove a Tyrant to him. As for you, —_ *

day what you can, my: falle o'erweighs jour true. ¶ Exit. Jab. To whom ſhould I complain? Did I tell this,

Who would believe me? O perilous Mouths, _

That bear in them one and the ſelf- lame Tongue,

Either of Condemnation or Approof- |

" Bidding the Law make Curtſie to their Will,

* Hooking both Right and Wrong to th' Appetite,

Tho” he hath fallen by Prompture of the Blood,

Yet hath he in him ſuch a Mind of Honour,

That had he twenty Heads to tender down

On twenty bloody Blocks, h'd yield them up;

Before his Siſter ſhould: her Body ſtoop

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Shall thereby be the ſweeter, Reaſon thus with Life;

If Ido loſe thee, I. do loſeathing,

1 hat nene but Fools would keep; a Breath thou art,

Serviſe to all the Skiey Influences; > |

J hat doſt this Habitation where thou keep'ſt

Fiourly ai : Meerly thou art Death's Fool;

For bim thou labour'ſt by thy fight to ſhun,

And yet runn'it tow'rd him ſtill. Thou art nor noble:

For all th' Accommodations that thou bear ſt,

Are hursd bv Baſereſs: Thou'rt by no means valiant;

For thou doit fear the ſoft and tender Fork _

Ofa poor Worm. Thy beſt of Reſt is Sleep,

Ard that thou oft? provok'ſt, yet groſly fear ſt

]hy Death, which is no more. I hou'rt not thy ſelf, For thou exi{t'it on many a thouland Grains 3 That iſlue out of Duſt. Happy thou art not;

For w hat thou haſt not, ſt ill thou ſtriv'ſt to get,

And what thou bait, forgett'ſt. Thou art not certain, For thy Complexion ſhifts to ſtrange Effects,

Alter the Moon.“ If thou art rich, thou'rt poor; For like an Aſs, whole Back with Ingots bows,

I buu hear'ſt thy heavy Riches but a Journey, _

And Death unloadeth thee. Friend haſt thou none;

For thine own Bowels, which do call thee Sire,

The meer Effuſion ofthy proper Loins,

Do cu. ſe the Gout, Serpigo and the Rheum,

For ending thee no ſooner, Thou halt nor Youth,nor Age Fut, as it were, an aſter-dinner's Sleep, _

Dreaming on both; for all thy bleſſed Youth _ 5 Become

Masur for McEAaSURF.® 33 Becomes as aged, and doth beg the Am „ Of palſied-Eld; and when thou'rt old, and rich, Thou haſt reither Heat, Affection, Limb, nor Beauty : , To makethy Riches pleaſant. What's yet in this | 15 That bears the Name of Life? Yet in this Life g Lye hid more thouſand Deaths; yet Death we . ; That makes thele Odds all Even. Claud. 1 humbly thank you. To ſue toliye, I find I [eek to die, And ſecxing Death, ſind Life: Let it come on, Enter Iſabella. * Jab. What hoa ? Peace here, Grace and good Company. s Prov. Who's there? Come in: The With deferycs a,. Welcome, Due. Dear Sir, ere e long I'n viſit you again. Caud. Moſt holy Sir, 1 thank you. | Jab. My buſinels is a Word or two with Claudio. Prov. And very welcome. LookSignior,here s your Sifler« | Duke. Proveſt, a Word with you. Prov, As many as you pleaſe, Duale. Bring them to ſpeak where I. may be conzeal'd, yet hear them, ¶Exeunt Duke and brovoſt, Claud. Now, Siſter, whar's the Comfort? „ Why, OP As all Comforts are; moſt Shot; moſt 900d indevd 3 Lord Angels having Affairs to Heaven, Intends you for a ſwift Ambaſſador; M here you ſha!l be an everlaſting Lieger; 3 f, 1 berefore your belt Appointment make with i] peed, 15 To Morrow you ſet on. Claud. Is there no Remedy? Iſab. None, but ſuch Remedy, as to tire * Head am, To g eaye a Heart in twain. 3 Claud. But is there any? SE Jab. Yes, Brother, z0u may live: There is a deviliſh Mercy inthe judge, If you'll implore it, that will free your Life, Fut fetter you till Death. | | Claud. i erpetual Durance? . ab. Ay juſt, perpetual Durance, aReſtraink, Tho? all the World's Vaſtidity you had, | Ape To a determin'd Scope. 2 Claud. But in what Nature? N Lab. In ſuch a ene, as yuu.conierting to . r DS” Would

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Claud. Let me know the Point,

Iſab. Oh, I do fear thee. Claudio, and I quake, Leſt thou a fev'rous Life ſuou dit entertain, And fix or ſeven Winters more reſpect T han a perpetual Honour. Dar'ſt thou die? The Senle of Death is molt in Apprehenſicn, And the poor Beetle that we tread upon, In corporal Sufference finds a Pang as greats As when a Giant dies. .

Claud. Why give you me this Shame?

Thirk you I can a Reſolution fetch From flow'ry Tenderneſs? If I muſt die, I will encounter Darknels as a Bride, And hug it in mine Arms

Jab. There ſpake my Brother; there my Father's Grays Did utter forth a Voice. Yea, thou muſt die:

Thou art too noble to conſeive a Life

| In baſe Appliances. This outward lainted Deputy, | Whoſe ſettled Viſage and deliberate Word

Nips Youth i'th' Head, and Follies doth emmew, As Faulcon doth the Fowl, is yet a Devil: His Filth within being caſt, he would appear

A Pond as deep as Hel),

Claud. The Princely Angelo: EEE, Jab. Oh tis the cunning Livery of Hell, The damned'ſt Body to inveſt and cover In Princely Gflards, Doſt thou think, Claudio, If 1 would yield him my Virginity, I hou might'ſt be freed ? Claud. Oh Heav'ns, it cannot be*- I ſab. Ves, he would give't thee from this rank Offence So to offend him ſill, This Night the time

That I ſhould do what I abhor to name,

Or elſe chou dy*ſt'to Morrow. Claud. Ihou ſhalt not doẽt. Iſab. Oh, were it but my Life, Id throw it down for your Deliverance AS frankly as a Pin. Claud. Thanks, dear Jſabel.

Claud. Yes, Has he AﬀeRions in him, 1 hat thus can make him bice the Law by th* Noſe, W | hen

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Mrasun Br MAIER: — It When he would force it? Sure it is no Sinn Or of the deadly even it is the leaſt. _

Jſab. Which is the leaſt ?

Claud. If it were damnable, he being fo wiſe, Why would he for the momentary trick Be perdurably fin d? Oh Jabel!

Jab. What ſays my Brother?

Clau d. Neath is a fearful thing,

Jab. And ſhamed Life a hatetul,

Claud. A 75 but to die, and go we know not where: To lye in cold Obſtruction, and to rot; This ſenſihle warm Motion, to become A kneaded Clod; and the delighied Spirit To bathe in fiery Floods, or to reſide In thrilling Regions of thick-ribbed Ice, To be impriſon'd in the viewleſs Winds, And blown with reſtleſs Violence round about The pendant World; or to be worſe than worſt.

Imagine howling ; *tis too horrible! The wearieſt and moſt loathed worldly Life, That Age, Ach, Penury, and Impritonment Can lay on Nature, is a Paradiſe = To what we fear of Death.

Jab. Alas! alas!

Claud. Sweet Siſter, let me live. What tin you do to ſave a Brother's Life, Natu:e diſpenſes with the Deed to far, That it becomes a Virtue,

Jſab. O you Beaſt!

Wilt thou he made a Man out of my Vice? st not a kind of Inceſt, to take Life From thine own Siſter's Shame ? What ſhould I think? Heav'n ſhild my Mother platd my Father fair: For ſuch a warped flip of Wilderneſs Ne'er iffu'd from his Blood. Take my Defiance, Die, periſh ! Might but my bending down Reprieve thee from thy Fate, it ſhould proces. Ill pay a thouſand Prayers for thy Death; No Word to lave thee.

Claud, Nay, hear me, ſabe),

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Claud. O hear me, /ſabella. 5 ue and Provoſt, | Duke. Vouchſaie a Word, young Siſter, hut one Word.

lab. What is your Will ?

Duke, Might you dilpenſe with your Leiſure, I wou'd |

by and by have ſome Speech with you: The Satisfaction 1] would require, is likewiſe your own Benefit, Zab. I have noſuperfluous Leiſure; my ſtay mult he

. ftolen out of other Affairs: But I will attend you a while, Duke. Son, I have over-heard what hath paſt between you

and your Siſter, Angelo had never the Purpoſe to corrupt her; only he hath made an Eſſay of her Virtue, to prac-

tile his Judgment with the Diſpoſition of Natures. She,

having the truth of Honour in her, hath made him that gracious Denial, which he is moſt glad to receive: I am Confeffor to Angelo, and I know this to be true; there- fore prepare your ſelfto Death. Do not ſatisfie your Re- {olution with Hopes that are fallable; to Morrow you

_ muſt die; go to your Knees, and make ready, : Claud. Let meask my Siſter Pardon; I am fo out of

love with Life, that I will ſue to be rid of it. [ Exit Claud, Dake, Hold you there; farewel. Pr. vt, a Word with

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Duke. That now you are come, you will be gone; leave

me a while with the Maid; my Mind promiſes with my Habit, no loſs ſhall touch her by my Company.

Prov. In good time. Exit Prov. Duke. The Hand that hath made you fair, hath made

You good; the Goodnels that is cheap in Beauty, makes Beauty brief in Goodreſs; but Grace being the Soul of your Complexlon, hall keep the Body of it ever fair;

the Aſſault that Angelo hath made to you, Fortune hat!

convey'd to my Underſtanding ; and but that Frailty hati Examples for his Falling, I ſhould wonder at Angel“: How will you do to content this Subſtitute, ana to ſave

1{ab. am now going to reſolye him: I had rather my Prother dic by the Laiv, than my Son ſhould be unlaw- fully born, Put, ch; how much is the good Duke de- _ ceived in Angelo: If ever he return, and | can ſpeakto him, {will open my Lips in yain, or diſcover his Co- Vernment. Dale.

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now ſtands, he will avaid your Accuſation; He made

Tryal of you only, Therefore faſten your Ear on my Ad-

viſings, to the Love I have in doing good; a Remedy preſents it ſelf I do make my ſelf believe that you may moſt uprighteouſly do a poor wronged Lady a merited Be- nefit; redeem your Brother from the angry Law; do no Stain to your own gracious Perſon, and much plealc the abſent Duke, if peradventure he ſhall ever return to have hearing of this Buſineſs, _ EE: Jab. Let me hear you ſpeak, Father: I have Spirit to do any thing that appears not foul in the Truth of my Spirit. Duke. Virtue is bold, and Goodneſs never fearful: Have you not heard ſpeak of Mariana, the Siſter of Iredericłk, the great Soldier, who miſcarry d at Sea?

with her Name.

Duke. She ſhould this Angelo have marry'd; was affian- ced to her by Oath, and the Nuptials appointed: Between

which time of the Contract, and limit of the Solemnity, her Brother Frederick was wreckt at Sea, having in that periſh/d

Veſſel the Dowry of his Siſter. But mark how heavily this

befel to the poor Gentlewoman ; there ſhe loſt a noble and

renowned Brother, in his Love toward her ever moſt kind

and natural; with him the Portion and Sine w of her For- tune, her Marriage-dowry; wich both, her Combinate- husband, this well-ſeeming Angels.

Jſab. Can this be lo? Did Angel: fo leave her?

Duke. Left her in her Tears, and dry'd not one of them with his Comfort; ſwallowed his Vows whole, pretend- ing in her Diſcoveries of Niſhonour : In few Words, be- ſtowed her on her own Lamentation, which ſhe yet

wears for his fake; and he, a Marble to her Tears, is waſhed with them, but relents not. 5 | lab. What a Merit were it in Death to take this poor

Maid from the World ! What Corruption in this Lite,

that it will let this Man live! But how out of this can

ſhe avail ?. a Foſs Dake, It is a Rupture that you may eafiy heal; and the from Diſhonour in doing it. Jab. Shew. me how, good Father,

Cure of it not only ſaves your Brother, but keeps you |

Duke, I his fore-nam'd Maid hath yet in her the Conti-

nuance of her firſt Affection: his unjüſt Unkindneſs, that

Duale. That ſhall not be much amiſs; yet, as the Matter

Jab. I have heard of the Lady, and good Words went

38 MAsURE for MAS URE. In all Reaſon ſhould have quenched her Love, hath, like an Impedimert in the Current, made it more violent and unruly. Go you to Angelo, anſwering his requiring with à plauſible Obedience: agree with his Demands to the point: Only, refer your fel to this Advantage; firſt, that Foe Four ſtay with him may not be long; that the Time may

have all Shadow and Silence in it; and the Place anſwer

to Convenience. This being granted, in Courſe now,

follows al]; We ſhall advite this wronged Maid to ſtead up your Appointment, go in your Place; if the Encoun- ter acknowledge it ſelf hereafter, it may compel him to her Recompence; and here, by this your Brother ſaved, your Honour untainted, the poor Mariana ad vantaged, and the corrupt Deputy ſcaled, The Maid will 1 frame, and make fit for his Attempt : If you think well to carry this, as you may, the doubleneſs of the Benefit defends th Deceit from Reproof. What think you of it? i Jab. The Image of it gives me Content already, and [ truſt it will grow to a moſt proſperous Perſe&ion. Date. It lyes much in your holding up; haſte you ſpee- dily to Angelo; it for this Night he intreat you to his Bed, give him Promiſe of Satisfaction. I will preſently to St. Luke's; there at the moated Grange reſides this de-

jected Mariana; at that place call upon me, and diſpatch

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with Angelo, that it may be quickly. 35 Jab. I thark you for this Comfort: Fare you well, good Father. 1 8 2 Pe. 5 Ox

Enter Elbow, Clown, and Officers Elb. Nay, if there be no Remedy for it, but that you will needs buy and ſell Men and Women like Beaſts, we mall have all the World drink brown and white Bit ard. Duke, Oh Heavn's ? what ſtuff is here? Cl:wn, Twas never merry World ſince of two Uluries the merrieſt was put down, and the worl-r allow'd by

Order of Law, a furrd Gown to keep him warm; and |

furr'd with Fox ard Lambs-skins too, to ſignifie that Craft being richer than Innocency, ſtands for the facing. Eib. Come your way, Sir: Bleſs you, good Father Friar, | | „„ Duale, And you, good Brother Father; what Offence batb this Man made you, Sir? 1 = Elb. Marry, Sir, he hath offended the Law; and, Si- we take him to be a Thief too, Sir; for we have found upon him, Sir, a ſtrange Pick- lock, which we have {nt to the Deputy. N | Dale.

1 "Dake. The Evil That is tl (What From { From t drink, Canſt the do ſtinkir Clawn, But yet, Dake, Thou wi Corre&ic Fre this Elb. H Warning he be a V is good Duke. Free fror

EIB. Clown, man, and Lucio. of Ceſar of Pigma * for put © clouteh * this Th © laſt Ra as it ww; © Words t Dul Lucio. cures ſhe Clown. Me is het Lucio. lo, Eve an un ſhu Priſon, _ Clown

MEASURE for MEASURE: Hale. Fie, Sirrah, a Bawd, a. wicked Bawd; The Evil that thou cauſeſt to be done, | | That is thy means to live. Do thou but th nk © What *tis to cram a May, or cloath a Back From ſuch a filthy Vice: Say to thy ſelf, From their abominable and beaſtly Touches, drink, I eat away my ſelf, and live. Canſt thon believe thy Living is a Life, & ſtinkipgly depending? Go mend, go mend. Cliwn. indeed it does ſtink in fome tort, dir: But yet, Sir, I would prove- . Dube. Nay, if the Devil have given thee Proofs for Sin, Thou wilt prove his. Take him to Priſon Officer; Correction and Inſtru&ion muſt both work, Fre this rude Beaſt will pr oft. |

Elb. He muſt before the Deputy, Sir; he has given him Warning ; the Deputy cannot abide a Whore-maſter; it

he be a Mhoremonger, and comes before him, he were s good go a Mile on his Errand. Duke, That ws were all, as ſome would ſeem to be, Free from all Faults, as Faults from ſeeming free. | 2 e © Elb, His Neck will come to your Waſte, a Cord, Sir.

Clown, I {py Comfort; I cry Bail: Here's a Gentle

man, and a Friend of mine. |

Lucio, How now, noble Pompey ? What, at the Wheels

of Car? art thou led in Triumph? What, is there nare of Pigmalion's Images newly made Women to be had now,

for putting the Hand in the Pocket, and extracting it

* laſt Rain? Ha? What ſay'ſt thou, Trot ? Is the World as it was, Man? Which is the Way? Is it ſad, and few Words? Or how? The Trick of it? f © Dake, Still thus, and thus; ſtill worſe? _ Lucio, How doth my dear Morſel, thy Miſtreſs? Pro- cures ſhe ſtll? Ha ? | 5 EE Clown, Troth, Sir, ſhe hath eaten up all the Beet, and e is her ſelf in the Tub. Me

Lucio. Why, tis good; it is the right of it; it muſt be

o. Ever your freſh Whore, and your powder'd Bawd, an unſhunn'd Conſequence, it muſt be lo, Art going to Priſon, Pompey ? |

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I ſent thee thither; for Debt, Pompey? Or how?

Elb. For being a Bawd, for being a BawCde. Lucio, Well, then impriſon him; if [mpriſonment be the

due of a Bawd, why, *tis his right. Bawd is he doubtleſs, and of Antiquity too; Bawd born, Farewell, good Pom-

pey: Commend me to the Priſon, Pompey; you will turn good Husband now, Pempey; you will keep the Houle, Clown, 1 hope, Sir, your good Worſhip will be my

Lucio. No indeed will I not » Pompey ; it is not the wear;

I will pray, Pempey, to enereaſe your Bondage, it „ou take it not patiently: Why, your Mettle is the more;

Adieu, truſty Pompey. „„ ͤ EEE 3 Tuc io. Does Bridget paint ill, Pompey ? Ha! Elb. Come your ways, Sir, come, _ Clown. You will not bail me then, Sir? Lucio, Then, Pompey, nor now. What News abroad,

' Friar ?' What News?

Elb. Come your ways, Sir, come,

Lucice Go to Kennel, Pompey, go: .' Exeunt Elbow, Clown, and Officers What News, Friar, of the Duke? | = Duale. I know none: Can you tell me of any? © Lucio, Some ſay, he is with the Emperor of Ruſs other ſome, he is in Reme: Put where is he, think vou? e 1 no 5 55 by Daukc, I know not where; but whereſoever, I wil

Tucio. It was a mad fantaſtica] Trick of him, to ſe: from the State, and ulurp the Peggary. he was newt born to. Lord Angelo Dukes it well in his Ablenee he puts Tranſgreſſion to't. | EO

Duke. He does well in't. ox * Lacic, A little more Lenity to Leachery would do harm in him; ſomething too crabbed that. way, Iriar. Dube. It is too general a Vice, and Severity mult cu © * Lucio, Yes, in good ſocth, the Vice is of great Ki dred; it is well aliy/d; but it is impofible 19 extirp! quite, F iar, till eating and drinking be put down, 1

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ter this downright way of Creation; is it true, think you?.

Hale. How ſhould he be fads . 7 |

Lucio. Some report, a Sea-maid ſpawn'd him. Some; „ Bat it is

that he was begot between two Stock- fiſhes. « certain, that when he makes Water, his Urine is con- * geal'd Ice; that I know to be true; and he i; a Motion © generative 3 ; that's infallible. _ Duke, You are pleaſant, Sir, and ſpeak apace.

Lucio. Why, what a ruthleſs thing is this in him, © for

the Rebellion of a Cod piece, to take away the Life of e Man? Would the Duke that is abſent haye done this ?

Ere he would have hang'd a Man for the getting a bun- dred Baſtards, he would have paid for the nurſing a thou-

and, He had ſome feeling of the Sport, he knew the Service, and that inſtructed him to Mercy.

Dake, I never heard the abſent Duke much detected

for Woman; he was not inclin'd that way.

Lucio. Oh, Sir, you are deceiv'd.

Duke. 'Tis not poſſible.

Jucio. Who, not the Duke? ves, your Beggar of fity ; and his uſe was, to put a Pucket in her Clack-diſh ; the Duke had Crotchets in him. He would be drunk too, that let me inform ou.

Duke. You do him wrong ſurely.

Lucio, Sir, I was an Inward of his; a ſhy-Fellow v was

the Duke; and I believe I know the Caule of Us with-

drawing.

Dube. What, pr 'ythee, might be the Cauſe ? |

Tucio. No; Pardon: Tis a Secret muſt be lockt with- in the Teeth and the Lips; but this I can let you under- ſtand, the greater File of the Subject held the Duke to he Wilts: :-_ £5

Duke. Wiſe ? Why no queſtion but he was. | Lucio. A very ſuperficial, Ignorant, unweighing Fel- ow.

Dake. Either this is Envy in you, Foll y, or Miſtaking:

The very ſtream of his Life, and the Buſineſs he hath hel-

med, muſt upon a warranted need give him a better Pro- clamation. Let him be but teſtimpnied in his own bring-

ings forth, and he ſhall appear to the envious a Scholar, | therefore you {peak unskilful-

a dtatefman, and a Soldier; ly; orit your Knowledge be more, | it.is much darken'd in your Malice. | |

Lucio,

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Tu io. Vl be hang'd firſt; Thou art deceiy'd in me,

- actounted a mercitul Man: Good my Lord. Fiſcal,

MrASsURE r MEASURE. Tacic. Sir, I kno him, and I love him. Pale. Love talks with better Knowledge, and Know. ledge with dear Love. 5 „ Tucio. Come, Sir, I know what know.

Dae. I canhardly believe that, ſince you know not

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what you ſpeak. But if ever the Duke return, as our Pray-

ers are he may, let me deſire you to make your Anſwer before him: If it be honeſt you have ſpoke, you have

and I pray you your Name?

a Sir, my Name is Lucio, well known to the

Dale. He ſhall know you better, Sir, if I may live to report you, 3

Lucio, I fear you not.

Date. O, you hope the Duke will return no more; or vou imagine me too unhurtiul an Oppoſite; but indeed I can do you little harm: Vou'll fortwear this a-

Friar, But no more of this. Canſt thou tell if Claudi) die to Morrow, or ro? „„ Duke. M by ſhould he die, Sir?

Lucio. Why? o filling x Bottle with a Tur-diſh:

would the Duke we talk of were return'd again; this *ungenitur'd Agent will unpeople the rovince with Con- * tinency. Sparrows muſt not build in his Houſe-eves, be-

pr'ythee pray for me: The Duke, I fay to thee again,

would eat Mutton on Fridays. He's now paſt it; yet, and I ſay to thee, he would mouth with a Beggar, tho ſhe {meit of brown Bread and Garlick: Say, that I laid fo: Farevellc---: -- | 3 Exit. Dule. No Might nor Greatneſs in Mortality

Can cenſure ſcape: Back- wounding Calumny

The whiteſt Virtue ſtrikes. What King ſo ſtrong

Can tie the Gal! up inthe ſlanderous Tongue?

But who comes here? EDS ; Enter Eltalus, Provoſt and Bawd. Eſtal. Go, away with her to-Prifon. . Bawd, Good my Lord, he good to me: your Honour is

Courage to maintain it; I am bound to call upon you,

Eſcal. in the fan play the l Prov. 1 leale yo f Ba wd. gainſt me him in tt Child is oh: Þ hi to abuſe Eſcal. him be c to; no m 7 rovoft 5 muſt die vines, : ther wr. him. Pro. 8 and ad Eſcal. Duke Eſcal Duke To ule Of grac In ſpeci Eſcal Duke Goodne only in kind of Undert | Socteti ſhips ac of the Day's was thi Eſca Conter Du E ſca

MrAsUxR for MEASURE. 43 Eſcal. Double and treble Admonition, and ſtill forſeit in the fame kind 2 This would make Mercy ſwear, and play the Tyrant ads Prov. A Baywd of eleven Years continuance, may it not pleale your Honour. e 5 ray: Bad. My Lord, this is one Zucio's Information a- (wer geinſt me: Miſtreſs Kate Keep-down was with Child by have bim in the Duke's time; he promis'd her Marriage: His you, Child is a Year and a Quarter old, come Philip and Ja- „%: J have kept it my ſelf; and ſee how he goes about the to abuſe me. Ho Ks „ | | Eſcal. That Fellow is a Fellow of much Licence; let eto bim be call'd before us. Away with her to Priſon : Go to; no more Words, _ [ Exeunt with the Bawd. Proveft, my Brother Angelo will not be alter'd; Claudio

or muſt die to Morrow: Let him be furniſh'd with Di-

ed MW vines, and have charitable Preparation. If my Bro- . ther wrought by my Pity, it ſhould not be fo with

ne, Pro. So p'eaſe you, this Friar hath been with him,

dio nd advis'd him for the Entertainment of Death, Eſcal. Good Even, good Father. | Duke. Bliſs and Goodneſs on you. ſh: Eſcal. Of whence areyon? _ His Duke. Not of this Country, tho my Chance is now n- Jo ule it for my time: 1 ama Brother e Ye Of gracious Or Er, late come from the Sea, ye In ſpecial Buſineſs from his Holin ess. -m Eſcal. What News abroad i'th the World? tia Dicke, None, but that there is; ſo great a Fever on 1 W Goodne(s, the Diſſolution of it muſt cure it. Novelty is n, only in Requeſt; and it is as dangerous to be aged in any t, kind of Courſe, as it is virtuous to be conſtant in any

\ : WW Scciecies ſecure ; but ſecurity enough to make Fellow-

t. hips accurſt. Much upon this Riddle runs the Wiſdom of the World; this News is old enough, yet it is every Day's News, I pray you, Sir, of what Diſpoſition was the Duke? rag bo .

Eſcal. One, that above all other Strifes,

Contented eſpecially to know himſelf _

Duke, What Plealure was he given to? |

Eſcal. Rather rejoycing to ive another merry, than

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44 _ MeasvurE for MEASURE: merry at any thing which profeſt to make him rejoices A Gentleman of all Temperance. | But leave him to his Events, with a Prayer they may prove proſperous; and let me--defire to know how you find Claudio prepar'd ; I am- made to underſtand, that you, have Jent him Vi. ſitation. FA on il „ Dube. He profeſſes to have received no ſiiſter mex- ſure from his Judge, but moſt willingly humbles him- {elf te the Determination of Juſtice : Yet had he fram'd to himſelf, by the Inſtruction of his Frailty, many de- ceiving Promiſes of Life, which I, by my good Lei: rk have diſcredited to him, and now is he reloly'd to r 1 3 3 8 Eſcal. You have paid the Heav'ns your Function, and the Priſoner the very Debt of your Calling. I have la- bour'd for the poor Gentleman, to the extremeſt ſhore of my Modeſty, but my Brother-Juſtice have I found to ſe: Al that he hath forc'd me to tell him, he is indeed ju- 1 ice, - | 6 1920 . - is * : LY ; Duke. If his own Lite 4 — Anſwer the Straitneis. of his Proceeding, It ſhall become him well; wherein if he chance to fail, He hath ſentenc'd himſelf. F Eſcal. 1 am going to vifit the Priſoner: Fare you Wks i owe toon ts. REP $ - ©. Duke. Peace de with e, He who the Sword of Heav'n will bear,

Should be as Holy as Severe: © Pattern in himſelf to know, Grace to ſtand, and Virtue go: More nor leſs to others paying, Than by Self-offences weighing. - Shame to him whoſe cruel ſtriking, Kills for Fauits of his own liking ! Twice treble Shame on Angelo, To weed my Vice, and let his grow! Oh, what may Man within him hide, Tho' Angel on the outward fide ? : How may Likeneſs made in Crimes, Making praQtite on the Times, _. < To draw with idle Spider's Strings © Moſt ponderous and ſubſtantial things? _ Cratt againſt Vice I muſt apply: Vith Angelo to Night ſhall fie

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His old betrothed, but deſpis'd; _ 1

do Dilguiſe ſhall by th' diſguis'd

And perform an old contracting. Exit.

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Enter Mariana, and Buy ſinging.

Song,” AKE, Ob take thoſe ny away,

That jo ſweetly were fereſworn; And thoſe Eyes, the Break of Day, Lights that do miſ-lead the Morn: But my Kiſſes bring again, 5 Seals of Love, but ſeal d in vain, | 5 3j - Mari. Break off thy Song, and haſte thee quick away: Here comes a Man of Comfort, whoſe Advice * Hath often (tilFd my brawling Diſcontent. * I cry you mercy, Sir, and well could wiſh © You had not found me here ſo mufical : © Let me excuſe me, and believe me fo, _—- My Mirth it much diſpleas d, but pleas d my Woe.

Dale. Tis good; tho' Muſick oft hath ſuch a Charm

| pray you tell me, bath any Body enquir'd for me here

to Day? Much upon this time have I promis'd here to meet. Mari. You have not been enquir'd after: 1 have fate here all Day. N pet 5 5 Enter Iſabel. | Duke, Ido conſtantly believe you: The time is come, even now. I ſhall craye your Forbearance a little; may be I will call upon you anon for ſome Adyantage to your

felt.

Mari. I am always bound to you. Exit. Duke. Very well met, and well come: What is the News from this good Deputy? Jab, He hath a Garden circummur'd with Brick, Whoſe Weſtern ſide is with a Vineyard backt; And to that Vineyard is a planched Gate That makes his opening with this bigger Key: ] his other doth command a little Door, |

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46 MEAsURE for MEAsURE. There have I made my Promiſe, upon the Heavy middle of the Night, to call upon h bim. Duke, But ſhall you on) ourKnowledge find this Way; ab. I have talen a due and wary Note upon't ; With whiipering, and moſt guilty Diligence, In Action all of Precept, he did ſhow me The Way twice oer. Duke. Are there no. other Tokens : Between you greed, concerning her Obſervance? | Jſab. No, none but only a Repair i'th'-dark ; And that i have poſſeſt him, my moſt ftay Can be but brief; for! have made him know. I have a Servant comes with me along, That ſtays upon me, whoſe Perſuafion is I come about my brother, Dube. I is well horn up. I have not yet made known to Mariana A Word of this. M hat hoa! within! come forth! | - Eater Nariana; I pray you be acquainted with this Maid; She comes to do) ou good. Jab. I do deſire the like. 5 Duke. Do perſuade your ſelf that! reſpe&. you? Mari. Good Frzar, I know you do, and have found it, Duke. Take then this your Companion * the Hand, Who- hath a Story ready for your Ear: T ſhall attend your Leiſure; but make haſte; The vaporous Night approaches. Mari. Wil't pleale you walk aſide ? Ex. Mar. and Iſab. Duke. Oh Place and Greatneſs! Millions ot falſe Eyes Are ſtruck upon thee: Volumes of Report Run with thele falle and moſt contrarious Queſts Upon thy Doings.: I houſand Eſcapes of Wit Make thee the Father cf their idle Dreams, And rack thee in their Fancies. Welcome, how agreed ? Enter Mariana and liabel, _ ab. She'll: take the Enterprize upon her, F aber, If you ad viſe it. Duke, It is not my Conſent, : Eut my Intreaty too. Diab. Little have you to ſay | V hen you depart from him, but ſoft and low 3 T Remember now my Brother, | Mari, Fear me not. | e | on Dule.

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Duke, Nor, gertle Daughter, fear you not at all: le is your Husband on a Pre- contract; fo bring you thus together, tis no Sin, (th that the Juſtice of your Title to him both Aouriſh the Deceit. Come let us go; Our Corn's to reap, for yet our Tythes to ſow. | Exeunte „„ 4 G'B:N.E H. The Pra. e | E fer Provoſt and Clown. 5 | +1 Come hither, Sirrah : Can you cut off a Man's Head? | | | | : Clown. If the Man be a Batchelor, Sir, I can: But if he be a marry'd Man, he's his Wife's Head, And i can never cut of r Woman's Head. OE Prov. Come, Sir, leave me ycur Snatches, and yield me a direct Anſwer. To Morrow Morning are to die (audio and Barnardine: Here is in our Prilona common Executioner, who in his Office lacks a Helper; if you will take it on you to aſſiſt him, it ſhall redeem you from your Gyves 3 If not, you ſhall have your full time of Impriſon- ment, and your Deliverance with an unpitied Whipping; for you have been a notorious Bawd. | gr” Bawd. Sir, I have been an unlawful Bawd time out of mind, but yet I will be content to be a lawful Hangman: | would be glad to receive ſome Inſtruction from my Fel- low-Partner. | OE > Prov, What hoa, Abberſon! where's Abborſen there? 5 Enter Abhorſon. . Abhber. Do you call, Sir? N 8 Prov. Sirrah, here's a Fellow will help you to Mor- oy in your Execution: If you think it meet, compound with him by the Year, aud let him abide here with you; it not, ule him for the preſert, and diimiſs him. He ny plead his Eſtimation with you; he hath been a awds: 5. | | Abhor. A Bad, Sir? Fie upon him, he will diſcredit

our Myſtery,

Prov. Go to, Sir; you weigh equally, a Feather will A [I Exit. Clown, Pray, Sir, by your good Favour; for ſurely, Sir, a 200d Favour you have, but that you have a hanging Look; Do you call, Sir, your Occupation a 1 yſtery ? Abher. Ay, Sir, a Myſtery. | es Clown, Painting, Sir, I bave heard ſay, is a Myſtery, and your Whores, Sir, being Members ny ee

48 McrasurE for MEAsURE. uſing painting, do prove my Occupation a Miſtery : Bu what Myſtery there ſhould be in hanging, it I ſhould b. hang' d. I cannot imagine, |

Abhor, Sir, it is a Myſtery.

Clown, Proof.

Abhor, Every true Man's Apparel gts your Thief.

Clown, Tf it he too little for your Thief, your true Ma thinks it big enough, If it be too big for your Thief, you; Thief thinks it little enough : So my true Sm] J Kod rel fits your Thief.

„ Provoſt.

Prov. Are you agreed? |

Clown, Sir, I will ſerve him : ForI do find your Hang man is a tore penitent Trade than your Bawd ; he durl oftner ask Forgivenels,

Prov. You, Sirrah, provide Four Block and your ka to Morrow, four a Clock.

Abber. Come on, Bawd, I. will inſtru thee in my

Trade; follow. Clown. I do deſire to learn, Sir; and I hope, if you have occaſion to uſe me for your own turn, you'ſhall fin me yours: For truly, Sir, for your Kindneſs, Lowe yo aà good turn. (E Prov. Call hither Barnardine and Claudio: I b' one has my Pity; not a jot the other, Being a Murtherer, tho he were my Brother. Enter Claudio. Look, here's the Warrant, Claudio, for thy Death; | *Tisnow dead Midnight, and by eight to Morrow _ I hou muſt be made immortal, Where's Ba nar dine Luaudl. As faſt lock d up in Sleep as guiltleſs Labour. V hen It lyes ſtarkly in the Traveller's Bones: He will not awake. Prov. M ho can do good on bim? x Well, go, prepase your ſe!f. But hark, what Noile? | (Knock wit hi Heav'n give your Spirits Comfort; By and by; 1 hope it is ſome Pardon, or Reprieve 5 For the moſt gentle Claudio. Weleome, Father. Enter Duke. Duke, The beſt and wholſom'ſt Spirits of the Nigl Invellop you, good Provt ? Who call'd here of late; ? Prev. None ſince the Curphew rung · Hels. Not W ?

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Prov. No.

Duke. I hey will then, erc't be long.

Prov. What Comfort is for Claudio?

Duke, I here's ſome in hope.

7rov. It is a bitter Deputy). Duke. Not lo, not ſo; his TY is parallel'd

Ma oui Even with the Stroak and Line of his great Juſtice | pas He doth with holy Abſtinence ſubdue

That in himſelf whick he ſpurs on his Power Toqualifie in others. Were he meal'd with that Which he corre&s, . then were he tyrannous; ang But this being ſo, he's juſt, Now are they come. f ot! . 4 nk bein. This is a gentle Proveſt, ſeldom when r AM The ſteeled Goaler is the Friend of Men. How now ? what Noile ? That Spirit's poſſeſt with haſte mi That wounds th'unreſiſting Poſtern with theſe Stroaks. Prov, There he muſt ſtay until the Officer Arile to let him in; he is eall'd up. Duke. Have y ou no Counter mand for Claudio vet, but he muſt die to Morrow ? | Prov. None, Sir, none. Dute, As near the Dawning, Proof, as it i5, You ſhall hear more ere Mo. ning. | Prov. Happily. You ſomething know ; yet believe there comes No Countermand, no luch Example have we: gelides, upon the very Siege of Juſtice; ne? Lord Angelo hath to the publick Ear ir. Protfeſt the contrary. f Duke. This is his Lordſhip's Man. [Enter 4 Meſſengers Prov. And here comes Claudios Pardon. - Meſſ. My Lord hi th tent you this Note, le? id by me "this further Charge, : within That you ſwerve not from the ſmalleſt Article of it, | Neither in Time, Matter, or other Circumſtance. Good Morrow; for, as | take tz it is almoſt Day, Prov, I ſhall obey him. [ Exit. Nellen. Dube, This is bis Pardon, purchas d by ſuch din For which the Pardoner himſelf is in: Hence hath Offence his quick Celerity, When it is born 1 in high 3 *

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go MravurE jor MEASURE. When Vice makes Mercy, Mercy's ſo extended, That for the Fault's love, is th' Offender friended. Now, Sir, what News?

Prov. I told you: Lord Angelo be- like, thinking me cemiſs In mine Office, awakens me

With this unwonted putting on, methinks N 2 For he hath not us'd it before. 1 Duke, Pray you let s hear.

Provoſt al th: Letter.

#hatfever you may hear to the contrary, let Claudio {| executed ” four of the Clock, and in the Aſternoon Bar- For my better Satisfalli u, let me have Clau- _ dio's Head ſent me by five. Let this be duly performed, | with a Thought that m re depends en it than we muſt |

yet deliver. Thus fail not to do your G fue, as you w, U an-

nardine:

wer it at your Peril.

What ſay you to this, Sir?

Duke, W bat is that Barna dino, who is to be executed

in th' Afternoon?

Prove A Bobemian born ; but here bud up and bred, |

One that is a Priſoner nine Yours old. Duke, How came it, that the abſent Duke had not ei-

ther deliver d him to his Liberty, or executed him? I

| have heard it was ever his manner to do ſo.

Prov. His Friends ſtil] wrought Reprieves for him; ; And indeed his Fact, Lord Angelo, came not to an undoubtful Proof. Dube. It is now apparent?

Prov. Moſt manifeſt, and not deny d by N Dube. Hath he born himſelf penicently in Priſon : ? How ſeems he to be touch'd'? _

Prov. A Man that apprehends Death no more tread fully, but as a drunken Sleep, careleſs, wreaklels, and _ fearleſs of what's, paſt, preſent, or to come; inſenſible of wy" and-deſperately mortal,

Duke. He wants Advice.

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mited, and an expreſs Command, under Penalty, to de-

Caſe as Claudio s to crols this in the ſmalleſt.

MeasvrE for MEASURE. 51 perty of the Priſon, Give him leave to eſcape hence, he would not : Drunk many times a Day, it not many Days entirely drurk. We have very oft' awak'd him, as if to carry him to Execution, and ſhew'd him a ſeeming War- rant for it; it hath not mov'd him at all, Duke, More of him anon, There is written in your Brow, Proveſt, Honeſty and Conſtaney; it I read it not truly, my ancient Skill beguiles me; but in the boldreſs of my canning, I will lay myſelf in Hazard, Clawdz, whom here you have Warrant to execute, is no greater Forfeit to the Law than Angelo, who hath ſentenc'd him, To make you underſtand this in a maniſeſted Effect, 1 craye but four Days reſpite; for the which you are to

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Prov. Fray, Sir, in what? "Duke. In the delaying Death, 5 Prov. Alack how may I do it, having the Hour li-

liver bis Head in the view of Angelo? I may make my

Duke. By the Vow of mine Order, I warrant you, It my Inſtructions may be your Guide: Let this Barnardine he this Morning executed, And his Head born to Angelo. | Prov. Angelo hath ſeen them both, Ard will dilcover the Favour, _ | Duke. Oh, Death's a great Diſguiſer, and you may add to it; ſhave the Head, and tie the Beard, and ſay, it was the Deſire of the Penitent to be barb'd before his Neath; you know the Courſe is eommon. If any thing fall to you upon this, more than Thanks and good For-

tune; by the Saint whom I profeſs, I will plead againſt it with my Life, : | 1

Prov. Pardon me, good Father; it is againſt my Oath. Duke. Were you ſworn to the Duke, or to the Deputy? Prov. To him, and to his Subſtitutes.

Dale. You will think you have made no Offence, if the Duke avouch the Juſtice of your Dealing? Prov, But what likelihood is in that?

Dale. Not a reſemblance; but a Certainty; yet ſince I ſee you fearful, that neither my Coat, Integrity, nar my Per- uation, can with Fe MEGAE you, I will go further than

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52 MxASsURE / MEASURE. I meant to pluck all Fears out of you. Look you, Sir, here is the Head and Seal of the Duke; you know the Cha- racter, I doubt not, and the Signet is not ſtrange to you, C both, TS | " Dake. The Contents of this is the Return of the Duke; you ſhall anon over- read it at your Pleaſure ; where you mall find within theſe two Days he will be here. This is a thing which Axgelo knows not; tor he this very Day re- ceives Letters of ſtrange Tenor, perchance of the Duke's

Death, perchance entering into ſome Monaſtery, but by

chance nothing of what is writ. Look. the unfolding Star calls up the Shepherd; put not you ſelf into amazement how theſe things ſhould be; all Difficulties are but eaſy when they are known. Call your Executioner, and of

with Bernardine's Head: I will give him a preſent Shrift, |

ard adviſe him for a better Place. Yet you are amaz'd, but this ſhall abſolutely reſolve you. Come away, it is _ almoſt clear Dawn, | ED [ Exit,

72 — 5 Emer Clown. 3 Clou. I am as well acquainted here, as I was in our © Houle of Profeffion; one xwou'd think it were Miſtreſs O-

ver dum s own Houle; for here be many of her old Cuſto- |

Mony: Marry then, Ginger was not much in requeſt;

© for the old Women were all dead. Then is there here © one Mr. Caper, at the Suit of Maſtef Three-P3le, the Mer- 5 cer, for ſome four Suits of Peach-colour'd Sattin, which now peaches him a Beggar, Then have we here young Oi, and young Mr.,Z cep-vcw, and Mr. Copper-ſpur, and © Maſter Starve-Lacky, the Rapier and Dagger Man, and © young Drophezre, that kill'd luſty Pudding, and Mr. Fcrth- © 1;ght, theITilter, and brave Mr, Shao), the great Travel-' 6. ler, and wild Half Cane, that ſtabb'd Pots, and, I think, © forty mote, all great doers in our Trade, and are now 4 for the Lord's laxe. 3 e e In Abh:r. Sirrah, bring Barnardine hither,

Clown, Maſter Barnardine, you mult rife and be hang'd, 8

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| Barnar. A Pox o' your Throats; who makes that noiſe

there 2 What are you ? |

| Clown. Your briend, Sir, the Hangman ! "th

Yona mult be fo good, Sir, to riſe, and be put to Det h.

Huarnar. Away, you Rogue, away, I am .

Abbr. Tell him he muſt e | And that quick!y too.

Clown, Pray Maſter Ba'nardi. 5 awake till you are ex- ecuted, and ſleep afrerwards. | Abh: . Go into him, and fetch him out.

Jon n. He is coming, Sir, he is e, L hear the Straw rulsle. | | Enter Barnardine. 1 | ;

Abhor. 1 s the Ax upon the Block, Sirrah?

Clows, Very ready, Sir.

Barnar. How now, Abb. rſun? 2 What's the News with you? |

Abhor. Truly Sir, I would defire you to clap into , your Prayers: For look you, the Warrant's come,

Barnar, You Rogue, I have been drinking all Night, I am not fitted for't.

Clown, Oh the better, Sir; kor he that Aua all Night, and is hang'd betimes in the Mor ning, may ſleep the ſoun- der all the next Day. | Enter Duke. |

Abbcr, Look you, Sir, here comes your r ghoſtly Father; Do we jeſt now, think you?

Duke. Sir, induced by my Charity, and hearing how haſtily you are to depart, I am come to advile you, corn- fort you, and pray with you.

Barnar, Friar, not I: I have been drinking hard all | Night, and will have more time to prepare me, or they ſhall beat out my Brains with Billets: I will not conſent to die this Day 5 that's certain.

Duke, Oh, tir, you muſt; and therefore I beſeech you look far ward on the Journey y ou. thall go.

Barnar. I ear I will not dic to Day for any Man's Perſwaſion. 33 |

Duke. But hear you.

Barnar. Not a Mord: If you have any thing to ſay to me, come to my Ward; for thence will not I to Days | [Exits

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54 MravurxE /or MEASURE. 5 Enter Provoſt. Duke. Unfit to live, or die: Oh gravel Heart !

* Alter him, Fellews: Bring him to the Block.

Prov. Now, Sir, how do you find the Priſoner ? Due. A Creature unprepar'd, unmeet for Death; And to tranſport him in the Mind he is,

Prov. Here inthe Priſon, Father, -

There dy'd this Morning of a cruel Fever,

One Ragezzne, a moſt notorious Pirate,

A ManofClaudio's Years; his Beard and Head

Juſt of his Colour. What if we do omit

This Reprobate, till he were well inclin'd,

And ſatisfie the Deputy with the Viſage

Of Ragc3:ine, more like to Claudio?

Duke, O, tis an Accident that Heav'n provides: Diſpatch it preſently ; the Hour draws on

Prefixt by Angelo: See this be done,

And tent according to command; whiles 1

Perſuade this rude Wretch willingly to die.

Prev. This ſhall be done, good Father, preſently, But Barnardine muſt die this Afternoon: And how ſhall we continue Claudio, |

To ſave me from the Danger, that might come,

If he were known alive? PO PN Dale. Let this be don Put them in ſecret holds, both Barnardine and Claudio;

Ere twice the Sun hath made his Journal greeting To yonder Generation, you ſhall find Your Safety manifeſted.

Prov. | am your free Nependant,

Now will I write Letters to Angelo,

The Proveſt he ſhall bear them, whoſe Contents ſhall witneſs to him I am near at home And that by great Injunctions Iam bound

Jo enter publickly : Him Ill defkre

Jo meet me at the conſecerated Fount,

A League below the City; and from thence, By cold Gradation, and well-ballanc'd Form, We ſhall proceed with Angels.

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Prov. Here is the Head, II carry it my ſelf.

Dake, Convenient is it: Make a ſwift Return; For | would commune with you of ſuch 1 hings That want no Ear but yours.

Prov. I'll make all ipeed.

Icdſabel within.

ſſab. Peace hoa, be here.

Duke. The Tongue of Iſabel. She comes to know, - If yet her Brother's Pardon be come hither ; But! will keep her ignorant of her Good, To make her heav'nly. Comforts of FDeipair, When it is leaſt expected. |

Enter Iſabel.

Jab. Hoa, by your Leave.

Dake, Good Morning to you, fair and gracious Sack ters | 5

Jſab. Tho better given me by ſo holy a Man: Hath yet the Deputy ſent my Brother's Pardon?

Duke.: He hath reieasd him, 1/abe!, from the W. old; His Head is off, and ſent to Angelo.

Jſab. Nay, but it is not 8

Dale. It is no other. Shew your Wiſdom, Daughter, in rour cloſe Patience,

Iſab. Unhappy Claudio, wretched i/abe] |! Injurious World, moſt damned Angels !

Dake. This hurts not him, nor profits you a ot: Forbear it therefore, give your Cauſe to Heav'n: Mark what I.ſay, which you ſhall find By every Syllable a faithful Verity,

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The Duke comes home to morrow : nay; dry your Eyes

One of our Convent, and his Conieffor, Gives me this Inſtance : Already he hath carry 'd

Notice to Efcalus and Angelo,

ho do prepare to meet him at the Gates,

There to give up their Power. If you can pace yourWildons

In that good Path that I would with it go, And you ſhall have your Boſom on this-Wretch, Grace of the Duke, * Revenges to your N Ard general Honour.

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5s MEASURE for MEASURE. Jab. I am directed by you. Duke. This Letter then to Friar Peter give; Ti. is that he ſent me of the Duke's Return:

Say, by this Token, I deſire his Company x At Mar;ana's Houle to Night. Her Caule, and yours, I'll perfect him withal, and he ſhall bring yo Before the Duke; and to the Head of Angelo Accule him home and home, For my poor ſelf, Jam combined by a ſacred Vow, | Z And ſhall be abſent. Wend you with this Letter: Command thele fretting Waters from your Eyes With a light Heart; truſt not my holy Order If I peryert your Courſe. Who's here?

E nter Lucio.

Tucio. Good Even; 5 Friar, where's the Prov ft ? Due. Not within, Sir. | 8 8

Lucio. Oh pretty Iſabella, I am pale at mine Heart to fee thine Eyes ſo red: thou muſt be patient; I am fainto dine aud ſup with Water and Bran; I dare not for my Head

ol my Belly: One fruitful Meal would ſet me to't. But,

they ſay, the Duke will bz here to Morrow. By my

Troth, 1ſabel, I lov'd thy Brother: If the old fantaſtical

Duke of dark Corners had been at Home, he had lived. Duke. Sir, the Duke is marvellous little: beholden to

your Reports; but the beſt is, he lives not in them. _ Lucio. Friar, thou knoweſt not the Duke lo well as J

do? he's a better Woodman than thou ta k'ſt him for. Duke. Well; you'll anſwer this one Day. Fare ye well, Zucio. Nay, tarry, I'll go along with thee,

I cantel] thee pretty Tales of the Duke. |

Du le. You have told me too many of him already, Sir,

it they be true; if not, none were enough. a

8 Lucio. I was once before him for getting a Wench with

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Due. Did you ſuch a thing?

Tucio. Yes, marry did 1, but I was fain to forſwear it:

They would elſe have marry'd me to the rotten N. edler. Dake. dir, your Company is fairer than hunelt ; Reſt you well. | Ss 7

Lucio, By. my Troth, Ill 20 With thee to the Lane's-

end: If bawdy Talk offend you, we'll have very litt e ofit; nay, Friar, I am a kind of Bur, I ſhall ſtick, (Ex.

Eſcal. Ang. | ons thew he not ta liver our Eſcal. Ang. his entrit ſhould e. Eſcal. of Comp which fh Ang. ch My ſueh Me Eſcal. Ang. This Pe. And dul And by: The La) Will not How mi For my That no But it cc dave that Might is By ſo re With Ra Alack, Nothing

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MEASURE /or Mrasurt. 57 SCENE III. The Palace, e Enter Angelo aud Eſcalus. „ Eſtal. Every Letter he hath writ hath diſvouch'd other. Ang. In molt uneven and diſtracted manner. His Acti- ons ew much like to Madneſs: pray Heav'n his Wiſdom he not tainted : And why meet him at the Gates, and de- liver our Authorities there? i Kd, Efecal. Iguen not. 1 5 Ang. And why fhou!d we proclaim it an Hour before | lis entring, that if any erave Redreſs of Injuſtice, they 1 ſhould exhibit their Petitions in the Street? hn, bl Eſcal. He ſhews his Reaſon for that; to have a Niſpateh 1 of Complaints, and to deliver u- from Devices hereafter, |] which ſhall then have no Power to ſtand againſt us. Wl. Ang. Wel; I beſeech you to let it beſproclaim'd betimes 1 th Morn ; I'll call you at your Houle: Give Notice to uch Men of fort and ſuit as are to meet him.

Eſcal. I ſhall, Sir: Fare you well. | (Exit. By Ang. Good Night. „ ; 4 This Peed unſhapes me quite, makes me unpregnant, 90 and dull to all Proceedings. A de ffoured Maid, 19

And by an eminent Body, that entorc'd |

The Law againſt it? But that her tender Shame

Will not proclaim agaiaſt her Maiden los, —

How might the Tongue me? Yet Reaſon dares her no; For my Authority bears off a credent Bulk,

That no particular Scandal once can touch,

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dave that his riotous Youth, with dangerous Senſe, | Might in the Times to come, have ta'en a Revenge cl. By ſo receiving a diſhonour'd Lite, 5 | i} With Ranſom of ſuch Shame: Would yet he had liy'd. ö

Alack, when once our Grace we have forgot, Nothing goes right; we would, and we would not, Exit. 5 SE. „ SCENE. He Fields witheut the Town. Enter Duke in his own Habit, and Frian Peter. Duke. Theſe Letters at fit time deliver me. I The Provaſt knows our Purpole and our Plot: The Matter being afoot, keep your Inſtruction, And hold you ever to our ſp :cial Drift, 208 Tho' ſometimes you do blench from this to that, As Cauſe doth miniſter : Go call at Flavius Houſè, And tell him where I ſtay ; give the like notice

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Due. I thank thee, Varrius; thou baſt made good haſte:

Come, we will walk. There s other of our Friends WAY greet us here anon, my gentle Farrius. S O ENEV. Enter Iſabella and Mariara.

Jab. To ſpeak ſo indirectly I am loath : I would ſay the Truth; but to accuſe him ſo, Ihat is your Part ? yet lam advis'd to doit, He ſays, to vail full Purpoſe,

Mar. Be rul'd by him. Jab. Beſides, he tells me, that if peraduenture He ſpeak againſt me on the adverſe hide, | I ſhould not think it ſtrange; for tis a1 h. Lick

Ihat's bitter to ſiveet End.

| „ ver Peter. Mar. I would Friar Peter- 1/ab. Oh Peace; the Friar is come.

Peter. Come, I have found you out a Stand moſt fi,

Where you may have ſuch Wee on che Duke, He ſnall not pals you.

Twice haye the Trumpets founded :

Ihe generous and graveſt Citizens Have hent the Gates, and yery near upon J he Duke is entring :

T herefore hence away.

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S C. E N E The Street. Enter Duke, Varrius, Zords, Angelo, Eſcalus, Lucio and dtikens at ſeveral Pocrs. Y very worthy Couſin, fairly met; Ou Ourold and faithful Friend,we are glad to ſee Ang. and Ec. Happy Return be to your Royal Gras Dake. Many and hearty thanks be to you both: We have made Enquiry of you, and we hear Such Goodneſs of your Jullice, that cur Soul

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Ang. You make my Bonds ſtil] greater.

Duke. Oh, your Deſert ſpeaks loud, and! ſhould wrong, Tolock it in the Wards of coyert Roto, Whenit deſeryes, with Characters of Braſs, A forted Reſidence *gainſt the tooth of Time, Ard razure of Oblivion: Give me your Hand, And let the Subject ſee, to make them know, That outward Courteſies would fain proclaim Favours that keep within. Come Eſcalus, You muſt walk by us on our other Hand: And good Supporters are you.

Enter Peter and I ſabella, |

Pe ter. Now is your time:

Speak loud, and kneel before him.

Iſab. Juſtice, O royal Duke; vail your Regare Upon a wrong'd, I would fain have ſaid, a Maid; Oh worthy Prince, diſhonour not your Eye By throwing it on any other Object. | ill you have heard me in my true Complaint, And give me Juſtice, Juſtice; Juſtice, Juſtices.

Duke. Relate your Wrongs:

In what, by whom? be brief: Here is Lord Angelo ſhall give you Juſtice : Reveal your ſelf to bim.

Iſab. Oh worthy Duke,

Lou bid me ſeek Redemption of the? Devil: Hear me your ſelf ; for that which I muſt ſpeak. Muſt either puniſh me, not being believ d,

Or wring Redreſs from you;

Hear me; oh hear me here. | Ang. My Lord, her Wits, I fear me, are not Gm * She hath been a Saitor to me for her Brotvers 5

Cut off by courſe of Juſtice. |

Iſab. By courſe of Juſtice!

Ang. And ſhe will ſpeak moſt bitterly,

Jab. Moſt Rranges but yet moſt truly will] ſpeak ;

worn: Is it not ſtrange? | That Angele's a Murtherer : Is't not ſtrange | ? That Angelo is an adulterous Thief, An Hypocrite, a Virgin Violater: . Is it not ſtrange, and ſtrange ?

Duke. Nay, it is ten times ſtrange. | Jab. It is not truer he is Angelo, Than this is all as true as it is ſtrange :

Nay, it is ten times true; for Truth is. Truth To th' End of reckoning. Date. Away with ber, poor Sou, She ipeaks this in th' Infirmity of Senſe.

Jab. O Prince, I conjure thee, as thou believ' ſt

There is another Comfort than this World, _ That thou neglect me not, with that Opinion,

That I am touch'd with M adrefs, Make not impoſſble That which but ſeems unlike; *I is not impoſſible 5

But one, the wicked'ſt Caitiff on the Ground, May ſeem as ſhy, as grave, as Juſt, as ablolute As Angelo; ev'n ſo may Angelo, In all his Dreſſings, Caracts, Titles, Forms, Be an Arch-villain; Believe it, Royal Prince. Ik he be leſs, he's nothing; but he's more, HFad I more Name for Badnels. Duke. By mine Honeſty, If the be mad, as I believe no other, Her Madneſs hath the oddeſt frame of Senſes, Such a dependency of thirg on thing, | | As e'er I heard in Madneſs, Iſab. O gracious Duke, ä | Harp not on that; nor do not baniſh Reaſon For Inequality ; but let your Realon ſerve

To make the Truth appear, where it leems hid, |

And hide the falſe ſeems true. Dude. Many that are not mad Have fure more lack of Reaſon. What would you lay ? Jab. I amthe Siſter of one Claudio, Condemn'd upon the Act of Fornication, Toloſe his Head ; condemn'd by Angelo: , 1, in Probation of a Siſterhood, Was ſent to by my Brother; one Lucio, As then the Meſſenger,—— Iucio. That's I, and'tlike your Grace: d came to her from Claudio, and deſir d her

To try her gracious Fortune with Lord Angelo, |

For her poor Brother's Pardon. Iſa b. T hat's he indeed.

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Lucio. warrant your Honour. | Duke, The Warrant's for you ſelf; take heed to't. * Jab. Ths Geutleman told fomething of my Tale.

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A blaſting and a ſcandalous Breath to fat] 5

On bim lo near us? This needs muſt be a Practice. Who knew of your intent, and coming hither ?

1jab. One that | would were here, Friar Ledewick.

Duke, A ghoſtly Father belike : e M ho knows that Lede wick?

Tucio. My Lord, I know bim; tis a medling Friar; ] do not like the Man; had he been ! ay, my Lord, For certain Words he ſpake againſt your Grace In your Retirement, I had ſwing'd him ſoundly.

Dube. Words againft me? this is a good 1r7ar belike, And to ſet on this wretched Woman here PE Againſt our <ubſtitute ! Let this F zar be found.

____ Tuero, Bur Yeſternight, my Lord, ſhe and that Friar, I ſaw them at the Priſon: A lawey Friar, = as

A very ſcurvy Fellow. ne Pet. r. Bleſſed be your Royal Grace!

I have ſtood by, my Lord, and J have heard Your Royal Ear abus'd, Firſt hath this Woman Moſt wrongfully accus'd your Subftitute Whois as free from touch or ſoil with her,

As ſhe from one ungot. 5

Duke. We did believe no leſss. N Know you that Friar Ledi wick which ſhe ſpzaks of?

Peter. I know him for a Man divine and holy;

Not ſcurvy, nor a temporary Medler,

As he's reported by this Gentleman

And, on my Truſt, a Man that never yet

Did, as he vouches, miſreport your Grace.

Tucio. My Lord, moſt villancuſly; believe it.

Peter. Well; he in time may come to clear himſelf;

But at this inſtant he is fick, my Lord,

Of a ſtrange Fever; upon his meer Requeſt,

Being come to knowledge, that there was Complaint

Intended againſt Lord Angelo, came | hither

Jo ſpeak, as from his Mouth, what he doth know

Is true and falſez and he with his Oath,

And all Probation, will make up tull clear,

M henſoever he is convened. Firſt for this Woman,

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MæEASURE for MEASURE. So vulgarly and perſorally accus'd,

Her ſhall you hear diſproved to her wy es, Till ſhe herſelf confeſs it.

Dube. Good Friar, let's hear it. Do you not {mile at this, Lord Angelo? O Heav'n! the Vanity of wretched Fools Give us lome Seats; Come, Couſin Angelo, In this I'll be impartial : Be you judge Of your own Cauſe, Isthis the Witneſs, Friar ? Enter Mariana vei! d. Firſt, let her ſhew her Face, and after (peak. _ Mari. Pardon, my Lord, I will not re Face Until my Husband bid me. Duke, M hat, are you mar ry d? Mari. No, my Lord. Duke. Are you a Maid ? | Mari, No, my Lord. Dale. A Widow-then? _ 4ari. Neither, my Lord. Duke. Why, are you nothing then? Neither N aid, Widow, nor Wife? Lucic. My Lord, the may be a Funk 4 for many of them are neither Maid, Widow nor Wite.

Duke. Silence that Fellow: 1 would he had fome Cauſe .

to prattle for himſelf, _ Lucio, Well, my Lord. ; Mari. My Lord, I do confefs 1 er was marry 'd, Ard I confeſs beſides: I am no Maid; I have known my Husband, yet my Husband Knows not that ever he knew me.

Lucio, He was drunk then, myLord; it can be ro better. Duke. For the benefit of Silence, would thou wert o too. |

Lucio, Well, my Lord. Duke, This is no W itneſs for Lord Ange lo. Mari. Now I come tot my Lord. She that accuſes him of Fornication, In ſelf-ſame manner doth accuſe my Husband, And charges him, my Lord, with ſuch a time,

When Il} depoſe I had him in mine "_

* all th* Effect of Love. Ang. Charges ſhe more than me?

Mari. Not that I know. OE i Duke. No, you ſay your Husband. [To Mariara.

Mari. Why, Juſt, my Lord, and that is Ange le, 1 | n

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A ari, My Hushand bids me; nowlwill unmask, [ Unveiling 1 his is that Face thou cruel Angelo,

V hich onee thou ſwor'ſt was worth the looking on: T his is the Hand which, with a vow'd Contract, V as faſt belock d in thine: This is the Body 1 hat took away the Match from Jabel. And did ſupply thee at thy Gardeechoule In her imagin'd Perſon. | Dube. Know you this Woman ?, Tucio. Carrally, the ſays.

Duke. Sirrah, no more.

Lucie, Fnough, my Lord.

A. gelo. My Lord. l muſt confels I know this Woman ; And hve Yea s fince there was ſome [peech.c# Marriag "ge Betwixt myltelt and her, which was broke off,

Partly (or that her promiſed Proportions | Came ſhort of Compolition; but in chief,

Por that her Reputation was ditvalu'd

In Levity; Since which time, of five Years I never ſpeke with her, ſaw her, nor heard from her, Upon my Faith and Honour. Mari. Noble Prince, | [Breath. As there comes Light from Heaven, and Words from As there is Senſe in Truth, and Truth in Virtue, I am athanc'd this Man's Wile as ſtrongly As Words could make-up Vows: © And my good Lord, Fut Tueſday night laſt gone, in's Garden-houte © He knew me as a Wife; as this is tru Let me in ſafety raiſe me from my Knees, Or elſe for ever be conhxed here A Marble Monument. Ang. I did but ſmile till now. N good my Lord, give me the Scope of Juſtice; ; My Patience here is touch'd: I do perceive | Theſe poor informal Women are no more But Inſtruments of ſome more mightier Member That ſets them on. Het me have way, my Lord, To find this Practice out. £2 | Duke, Ay, with my Heart:

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Duke. Go, do it inſtantly, | on ns

And you my noble and well warranted Couſi in,

Whom it concerns to hear this Matter for th,

Do with your Irju ties as ſeems you beſt

In any Chaſtiſement: I for a while

Will leave you; but ſtir not you, till you have

Eſcal. My Lord, we'll do it throughly. Signior Lucio, did not you ſay, you know that Friar Lodowick to be a diſhoneſt Perſon ?

Lucio. Cuculius non facit N- aa; ; honeſt in nothing but in his Cloaths, and one that bath ſpoke moſt villanous Speeches of the Duke.

Eſcal. We ſhall intreat you to abide here till he come 5 and inforce them againſt him we Rall find this Friar a notable Fellow. | |

Lucio, As any in Vienna, on my Word. 5

Eſcal. Call that lame ſabel here once again: I would ſprak with her * Pray you, my Lord, give me leave to queſtion; you ſhall fee how I'll handle ner,.

Lucio. Not better than he, by her own Report.

Eſca l. Say you? ? |

Lucio, Marry, Sir, 1 think if you handled her private: ly ſhe ſhould looner confels perchance publi. K ne d be ham d. | Enter Daks in the F, iar Habit, Provoſt and Iſabella.

Eſcal. Iwill go wages Br to work her, | Lucio. That's ; the way ; for Women. are light fat Mid- right. Efcal.

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Zucio. My Lord, here comes the Raſcal 1 {poke of, Here with the Proveſt. |

Eſcal, 1 very good time: ob not you? Is bim till :

we call upon you. Lucio. Mum.

Eſcal. Come, Sir, did you ſet theſe Women on to :

flander Lord Angelo? They have confeſs d you did, Dake. Tis falſe, Eſcal. How? Know you where you are?

Duke. Reſpect to your great Place; and let the Devil 7

Be ſometime honour'd for bis burning Throne. W here is the Duke? Tis he ſhould hear me ſpeak.

Eſcal. The Duke's in us; and we will hear you {| ok 4

Look ou 6 ak 1 Ri * ? = Dake, Bold = = But oh, Poor Souls, Come you to ſeek the Lamb here of the Fox? Cood-night to your Redreſs: Is the Duke gone? Then is your Cauſe too. The Duke's unjuſt, Ihus to retort your manifeſt Appeal, * And put your Trial in the Villain's Mouth Mhich here you come to accuſe. Lucio, This is the Raſcal; this is he I ſpoke of: Eſcal. Why, thou arreverend and unhallow d Friar, Ist not enough thou haſt ſuborn'd theſe Women ; To accuſe this worthy Man, but in foul Mouth, And in tbe witneſs of his proper Ear, To call him Villain; and then to glance from him Jo th' Duke himſelf; to tax him with Injuſtice ?

Take him hence: to th' Rack with him: We'll tcuze you

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No more ſtretch this Finger of mine, than he Dare rack his own: His Subje& am I not,

Nor here Provincial; my Buſinels in this State Made me a Looker on here in Vienna;

But Faults ſo countenanc d, that the ſtrong Statutes

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Luc io. Oh, did you ſo? And do you remember what

you ſaid of the Duke? Duke. Moſt notedly, Sir.

Lucio, No you fo, Sir? And was the Duke a Fleſh- mon- zer, a Fool, and a Coward, as you then reported him

to he? |

Duale. You muſt, Sir, change Perſons. with me, ere FJ you make that my Report: You indeed ſpoke fo of him,

and much more, much worſe, . Lucio. Oh thou damnable Fellow! did not I pluck.

thee by the Noſe for thy Speeches Duke, I proteſt, I love the Duke as I love myſelf. Ang. Hark how the Villain would cloſe naw afte

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Eſcal. Such a Fellow is not to be talk d withal: Away 5 with him to Priſon: Where is the Provoſt? Away with

him to Priſon; lay Bolts enough npon him; let him ſpeak

no more; away with thoſe Giglets too, and with the

other confederate Companion, Duke, Stay, Sir, ſtay a while. 8 Ang. What! reſiſts he? Help him, Lus io.

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Lucio, Come Sir, come Sir, come Sir; foh, Sir; why _ you bald-pated lying Raſcal; you muſt be hooded, muſt

you ? Show your Knave's Viſage, with a. Pox to you; ſhow your ſheep-biting Face, and be hang'd an hour: Will't not off? 1 5

[ Pulis ff the Friar' H:cd, and diſcovers the Duke. Duke. Thou art the firſt x nave that e er mad'ſt a Duke:

Firſt, Prev ſt, let me bail theſe gentle three.

Sneak not away, Sir; for the Friar and you

Muſt have a word anon: Lay hold on him. Lucio. This may prove worle than hanging.

Dale. M hat you have ſpoke, I pardon; {it you down: | * 5 T (. Eſcalus.

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V ell borrow place of him; Sir, by your Leave:

Haſt thou or Word, or Wit, or Impudence, 4 hat yet can do thee Office? If thou haſt, Rely upon it till my Tale be heard,

And hold no longer out. | Am. Oh my dread Lord, | J ſhould be guiltier than my Guiltinels, To think I can be undiſcernable, _

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HFHath look'd upon my Peſſes: Then, good Prince,

No longer Seſſion hold upon. my Shame ; But let my Trial be mine own. Confeſſion:

Immediate Sentence then, and ſequent Death,

Is all the Grace I beg. Duke, Come hither, Mariana:

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Dale. Go take her hence, and marry her inſtantly; |

Woman ?

Do you the Office, Friar; which contummate, Return him here again: Go with him, Proveſt.

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Than at the ſtrangeneſs of it.

Dule. Come hither, Iſabel !;

Your Friar is now your Prince :

Advertiſing, and holy to your Buſinels, Not changing Heart with Habit, I am till

Attorried at yeur Service. 5 Jab. Oh give me Pardon,

As I was then

That I, your Vaſſal, have employ'd and pain'd 7

Your unknown Soveraignty. " Dule. Your are pardon'd, Jabel:

And now, dear Maid, be you as free to us.

Your Brother's Death, 1 know. fits at your

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Than let him be ſo loſt: O moſt kind Maid,

It was the quick Celerity of his Leath,

M hich 1 did think with flower foot came on, That braind my Purpoſe : But Peace be with him.

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MEASURE for MEASURE. 69 5 ſhan that which lives to Fear: Make it your eo:nfort, J bappy is your Brother, 3 | Enter Angelo, Mariana, Peter, and Provoſt.

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Hate. For this new-marry'd Man, approaching here,

{hole ta't Imagination yet bath wron gd our well-defended Honour; you muſt pardon, for Marrana's Sake: But as he adjudg'd your Brother, king Criminal in double violation, f tacred Chaſtity, and of Promile-breach, ſhereon dependant, for your Brother's Life, lke very Mercy of the Law cries out loſt audible, even from his proper Tongue, Ind Angel. tor Claudio; Death for Death, Fat ill pays haſte, and leiſure anſwers leiſure ; e doth quit like, and Meaſure ſtill for Meaſure, Win, Angelo, thy Faults are manifelted ; hich tho thou wouldſt deny, denies the vantage. le do condemn thee to the very Block _ here Claudio ſtoop' d to Death; and with like haſte, way with him. eee Fo Maria. Oh my molt gracious Lord, | hope you will not mock me with a Husbard ? Duke. It is your Husband mock d you witha Husband. onlenting to the Safeguard of your Honour, thought your Marriage fit; eil2 Imputation, for that he knew you, might reproach your Life, ind choak your good to come; For his Poſleſfions, itho* by Confilcation they are ours, | fe do enſtate, and Widow you withal, d buy you a hetter Husband. Mari, Oh my dear Lord, | I crave no other, ror no better Man. Duke, Never crave him; we are definitive. Mari. Gentle, my Lemme. ĩ Nuke. You do but loſe your Labour: way with him to Death. Now, Sir, to yous | Mari, Oh my good Lord, Sweet Jfabe] take my Part; Lend me your Knees, and all my Lite to come | lend you, all iny Lite to do you Service. Date, Againſt all Senſe youu do importune her; , Mou'd ſhe kneel down, in mercy of this Fat. F |

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And take her hence in Horror. e Shoulc Mari. Iſabel, - And la Sweet Iſabel, © do yet but kneel by me, Ang Fold up your Hands, ſay nothing; I'll ſpeak all. And | © They 275 beſt Men are moulded out of Faults; That 1 © And, for the moſt, become much more the better It n Por being a little bad : So may my Husband. En Oh ſabe]; will you not lend! a Kree? Di] 8 dies for Claudio's Death, | 2 Va oft bounteous Sir, 5 Da Look, if it pleaſe you, on this Man condemn” d, (Kneeling AJ Sirrah As it my Brother hy'd: I partly think, That: A due Sincerity govern'd his Deeds, And ſe I ill he did look on me: Since it is fo, 5 But fo

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Duke, For which I do diſcharge you of 18 Office: I find

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| Yet did repent me, after more Advice; BI Where |; For Teſtimony whereof, one in the Priſon, | That; . That ſhould by private Order elſe have dy . Luc "= J have reſery'd aiive. the Tr Fj Duale. What's he. RL | rather 1 Prov, His Name is Barna dine.” Dul We: Duke. I would thou hadſt done ſo by Claudio: Procla $Z Go fetch him hither ; let me look upon him. (Exit Pro It any Aſcal. Lam ſorry one fo learned, and fo wile ASI h

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MrASsURE for Measurt. 71 As you, Lord Angelo, have ſtill appear'd, Should (lip ſo grofly, both in the Heat of Blood, And lack of temper'd [Judgment afterward, Ang. I am ſorry that ſuch Sorrow I procure; And fo deep ſticks it in my penitent Heart, That I crave Death more willing'y than Merey : 'Tis my delerying, and I do intreat it. 1 Enter Provoſt, Barnardine, Claudio, and ſulietta, Duke, Which is that Barnardine ? „„ Prov. This, my Lord. 5 Duke, There was a Friar told me of this Man: 1 Sirrah, thou art {aid to have a ſtubborn Soul | 4 That apprehends no further than this World, i And iquar'it thy Life accordingly: Thou'rt condemn'd, But for thole earthly Faults, 1 quit them all: | pray thee take this Mercy to provide For better Times to come: Friar advile him; Lleaye him to your Hand. What muffled Fellow's that? Prov. This is another Priſoner that I ſav'd, 8 Who ſhould have dy'd when Claudio loſt his Head, As like almoſt to Claudio as himſelt. > Duke. If he be like your Brother, for his ſake Is he pardon'd; and for your lovely ſake: _ Give me your Hand, and ſay you will be mine, He is my Brother too; but better time for that. By this Lord Angelo perceives he's lafe ; | Methinks I tee a quizkning in his Eye. Well, Angelo, your Evil quits you wells _ Look that you love your Wife; her Worth worth yours. 1 find an apt Remiſſion in myſelf, * * And yet here's one in Place I cannot pardon. 8 Lou, Sirrah, that knew me for a Fool, a Coward, [ IeLucio. One all of Luxury, an Als, a Mad- man; Wherein have'l ſo deſerv'd of you, R That you extol me thus? ITE = Lucio, *Faith, my Lord, I ſpoke it but according to | the Trick; if you will hang me for it you may, but 1 had i rather it would pleaſe you, I might be whipt. f == . Duke. Whipt firſt, Sir, and hang'd after. | Proclaim it, Provoſt, round about the City ;._ It any Woman wrong'd by this lewd Fellow, 34 As J have heard him ſear himſelf, chere's one „„ | 5

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' Whom he begot with Child, let her appear, And he ſhall marry her; the Nuptial finiſh'd, Let bim be whip'd and harg'd. :

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Duke. Upon mine Honour thou ſhalt marry her : :

Thy Slanders | forgive, and therewithal

Remit thy other Forfeits; take him to Priſon: 5 And ſte our Pleaſure herein executed. ;

Lucio, Marrying a unk, my Lord, is preſfing to > Death, | 3 Whipping and hanging. 5

Duke. >landering a Hrince F LOAD it. |

She, Claudio, that you wrong'd, look you reſtore:

Joy to you, Ma jana; love hr Angelo:

I have corſeſs'd her, and 1 know her Virtue,

Thanks, good Friend Eſcalus, for thy much Goodnel's; There's more behind that is more gratulate. Thanks, Provef, for thy Care and decreſie;

Ve ſhall employ thee in a worthier F lace:

Forgive him, Angels, that brought you home The Head of Regezine for Caudio's; Th' Offence pardons itie't, Dear Jabel,

I have a Motion much imports ycur good,

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What's mine is yours. and what is yours is mine:

So bring us to Hur Palace, where we'll ſhow _

NM hat's yet behind that's meet you all ſhould know,

«Thy virtuous Goodnels, which alone has Charms * To make thee worthy of a Monarch's Arnas;

A Monarch who his Peoples Hearts wou'd try, And ſhrewdly turn a }rieſt to turn a Spy:

For Empire then he quits the lower Plain;

Reſumes the Scepter, and gives Laws again: :

On ſure Foundations learns to fix Decrees,

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